Shaping nations: constitutionalism and society in Australia and Canada

Shaping nations: constitutionalism and society in Australia and Canada

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): David John Headon, Linda Cardinal
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Ontario
• Publication Information: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, ©2002
• Publication Type (Medium): Kongress, Congrès
• Type: Book
• Series title: Governance series.
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/shaping-nations-constitutionalism-and-society-in-australia-and-canada/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Online version: Shaping nations. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, ©2002 (OCoLC)606760425 Online version: Shaping nations. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, ©2002 (OCoLC)609893439

Short Description

XVI, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Shaping nations: constitutionalism and society in Australia and Canada is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

• Responsable Person: edited by Linda Cardinal and David Headon.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Location: Ottawa
• Country/State: Ontario
• Number of Editions: 7 editions
• First edition Date: 2002
• Last edition Date: 2002
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KE4226
• Dewey Code: 320.994
• ISBN: 077660533X 9780776605333 0776630202 9780776630205
• OCLC: 48532556

Publisher Description:

As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, Shaping Nations brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.

Main Contents

“The blizzard and oz”: Canadian influences on the Australian constitution then and now / John Williams
Sister colonies with separate constitutions: why Australian federationists rejected the Canadian constitution / Helen Irving
Democratic pluralism: the foundational principle of constitutionalism in Canada / Errol P. Mendes
“Obnoxious border customs”: a catalyst for federation / Jeff Brownrigg
Planting British legal culture in colonial soil: legal professionalism in the lands of the beaver and kangaroo / W. Wesley Pue
The wattle and the maple in the garden of the Empire / Angelika Sauer
Parties long estranged: the initiation of Australian Canadian diplomatic relations, 1935-1940 / Galen Roger Perras
Throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Huntington's “kin-country”, thesis and Australian-Canadian relations / kim Richard Nossal
Canada and Australia: an ocean of difference in threat perception / Desmond Morton
The great war soldier as “nation builder” in Canada and Australia / Jeffrey Keshen
The Australian Republic: still captive after all these years / Mark McKenna
Mateship, mayhem and the Australian Constitution's preamble / David Headon
Canada's Republican silence / David E. Smith
Participation of non-party interveners and amici curiae in constitutional cases in Canadian provincial courts: guidance for Australia? / Patrick Keyzer
Innovations in governance in Canada / Gilles Paquet
Australian and Canadian film industries: a personal perspective / Judith McCann
A practitioner's VIew of comparative governance in Australia and Canada / Greg Wood.

Summary Note

As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, this title brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance. '''

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Australia
• Canada
• Constitutional history
• Constitutional law
• Federal government
• Politics and government

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Australia
• Canada
• Constitutional history
• Constitutional law

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