Topics include: basic constitutional principles including representative and responsible government, parliamentary sovereignty and separation of powers; the constitutions of the Australian States (emphasising Victoria), the Federal Constitution, Statute of Westminster and Australia Acts; Australian federalism including distribution of legislative and fiscal powers between Commonwealth and States, inconsistency of laws and intergovernmental immunities; techniques and principles of constitutional interpretation; principal Commonwealth legislative powers; limitations on governmental power; express and implied rights. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: LAW1100 OR LAW1101 and LAW1102 or LAW1104
