Principles of Public Law

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This study guide was based on subject LAWS1140 - Public Law which was discontinued in 2013. The subject has been renamed to LAWS1141 - Principles of Public Law, and has been expanded into a 6 units of credit course. As a result, we are still missing some components from the course. Please bear with us while we try and fill in the missing pieces and sort everything out, because it will take some time. The study guide below should still be able to cover about half of the course, although it might be harder to find the information because names of topics have changed.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A WRITER FOR PUBLIC LAW. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED

New course (these pages will be compiled week by week)

• Constitutionalism and the rule of law
• A ‘Washminster’ hybrid (incomplete)
• Contested traditions: political and legal constitutionalism
• Indigenous sovereignty and crown sovereignty
• Indigenous people, voting & the constitution / the clva and the path to federation
• The acquisition of legal independence and popular sovereignty
• The legislature
• Statutory interpretation
• State constitutions and state legislative power
• The executive
• The judiciary
• Rights protection
• Constitutional change
• Current issues in public law

Old course (these are pages from the last course which likely still contain a substantial amount of the information you need)

• Constitutionalism, Coups and Judicial Review

• Evolution of the Westminster System, a Power Struggle amongst Institutions

• Dicey, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law

• Federation to Popular Sovereignty

• Indigenous Peoples and the Question of Sovereignty

• State Constitutions

• Voting Election to The Fed Parliament

• The Executive

• Separation of Judicial Power

• Human Rights and Bills of Rights