1. Introduction I. The Relationship Between Parliament and the Executive in Australia II. Overview and Structure of the Book III. The Scope of the Inquiry
2. The Executive Power of the Commonwealth I. The Drafting History of Section 61 of the Australian Constitution II. Australia's Attainment of Independence in the Exercise of Federal Executive Power III. Categories of Federal Executive Power in Australia IV. The Nationhood Power V. A Conceptual Framework: The 'Breadth' and 'Depth' of Federal Executive Power
3. The Nationhood Power and Commonwealth Spending I. The Australian Assistance Plan Case II. The Application of the Nationhood Power in Davis v Commonwealth III. The Nationhood Power and Commonwealth Spending Programs Following the Pape and Williams Decisions IV. The Scope of the Nationhood Power
4. The Nationhood Power, Internal Security and Civil Emergencies I. The Constitutional Framework II. The Use of the Australian Defence Force for Internal Security and Civil Emergencies III. Sources of Federal Executive Power IV. The Nationhood Power, the Prerogative and the Australian Defence Force V. The Relationship between Federal Executive Power and Part IIIAAA of the Defence Act 1903 (Cth)
5. The Nationhood Power and Border Protection I. The Tampa Case II. The Expansion of Federal Executive Power in the Tampa Case III. The Relationship between Federal Executive Power and the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
6. Limits on the Nationhood Power I. The Nationhood Power and Section 61 of the Australian Constitution II. Federalism as a Limit on the Nationhood Power III. The Relationship between the Nationhood Power and Statute IV. Conclusion
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Index