The future of Australian federalism : comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives / Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas Aroney, and Thomas John (editors).
2012
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Title
The future of Australian federalism : comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives / Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas Aroney, and Thomas John (editors).
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Call Number
KU2035.A67 F88 2012
ISBN
9781107006379 (hbk.)
1107006376 (hbk.)
1107006376 (hbk.)
Description
xix, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)748286993
Summary
"At a time when the operation and reform of federal relations within Australia is squarely on the political agenda, this volume brings together eminent lawyers, economists and political scientists who explain, analyse and evaluate the theory and principles underpinning the Australian federal system. Topics covered include the High Court's approach to the interpretation of the Constitution and how this has influenced federal relations in practice; different forms of inter-governmental co-operative arrangements; fiscal relations between the Commonwealth and the States; and emergent ethno-cultural and socioeconomic diversity within the Australian Federation. Comparative perspectives from Germany, America, Canada, Switzerland, India and the European Union provide unique prisms through which to view the operation of the Australian system and to contemplate its reform"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Includes papers presented at a conference hosted by the Law Council of Australia and the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at the University of Queensland in July 2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Notes on the contributors
viii
Foreword / Sir Gerard Brennan
xiv
Preface
xix
1.
Australian federalism: past, present and future tense / Thomas John
1
pt. I
The federal-state balance
25
2.
The federal balance / Stephen Gageler
27
3.
The incredible shrinking federation: voyage to a singular state? / The Hon. Chief Justice Robert French
39
4.
A sketch of the modern Australian federation / The Hon. Chief Justice Paul De Jersey
66
5.
The still reluctant state: Western Australia and the conceptual foundations of Australian federalism / Augusto Zimmermann
75
6.
The division of power in federal systems: comparative lessons for Australia / Greg Taylor
96
pt. II
Instituting structural reform: comparative perspectives
113
7.
Reforming German federalism / Arthur B. Gunlicks
115
8.
Polyphonic federalism: the United States experience / Robert A. Schapiro
141
9.
The rise of coercive federalism in the United States: dynamic change with little formal reform / John Kincaid
157
10.
The bargaining game: Canada as a new model of federal governance? / Thomas O. Hueglin
180
11.
`Bis hierher sollst du kommen und nicht weiter': the German Constitutional Court and the boundaries of the European integration process / Cornelia Koch
197
pt. III
Federalism and multi-ethnic societies
211
12.
Dynamics of federalism: a comparative analysis of recent developments in federations and countries in transition to federalism / Thomas Fleiner
213
13.
Religious identities: testing the underlying preconceptions of Canadian federalism? / Jean-Francois Gaudreault-Desbiens
228
14.
Foedus Pacificum: a response to ethnic regionalism within nation states / Suri Ratnapala
250
15.
Federal diversity in Australia: a counter-narrative / Alison Taylor
272
pt. IV
Fiscal federalism
301
16.
Fiscal federalism in Canada: principles, practices, problems / Robin Boadway
303
17.
Fiscal federalism: then and now / Brian Galligan
320
18.
Fiscal decentralisation and macroeconomic performance in Australia / Philip Bodman
339
pt. V
Reforming Australia's federal system
363
19.
Escaping purgatory: public opinion and the future of Australia's federal system / A. J. Brown
365
20.
The Rudd reforms and the future of Australian federalism / Geoff Anderson
393
21.
Cooperative arrangements in comparative perspective / Cheryl Saunders
414
22.
Federalism and the Australian judicial system - back to the future: the autochthonous expedient and other devices / The Hon. Justice Margaret White
432
23.
Federalism in Australia: gazing in the crystal ball of constitutional reform / Anne Twomey
446
Index
463