Chapter I: The sovereign and her Australian people
Section 1: The British Constitution
Section 2: The sovereign o the British Colonies
Section 3: The sovereign of Australia
Section 4: The Australian community
Chapter 2: The governor general of Australia
Section 1: The office of governor-general
Section 2: The governor-general and parliament
Section 3: The governor-general as head of the executive
Section 4: The governor-general as commander in chief of the naval and military forces
Chapter 3: Ministers of state and other servants of the Crown in right of the commonwealth
Section 1: Ministers of state
Section 2: Common law officers
Section 3: Statutory officers
Section 4: Crown servants
Section 5: Government by corporate bodies
Section 6: Review of administrative actions and decisions
Chapter 4: Executive power and the Crown prerogatives
Section 1: The concept of executive power
Section 2: The Crown prerogatives
Section 3: The executive power of the commonwealth
Section 4: The devolution of specific prerogatives