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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-264/364 Constitutional Design and Change: Australia and America

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Brian Galligan & David Tucker

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and 1-hour tutorial per week for one semester

Content:

A study of American influences on Australia's constitutional development and of a comparison between the Australian and American systems. Topics of contemporary significance will also provide a focus, including a bill of rights, changing Australia into a Republic, redefining federal state relations, and establishing reconciliation with indigenous people. Experiences in both the United States and Australia will be explored to inform the discussion of these topics.

Assessment:

Written work totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Galligan, Brian, A Federal Republic: Australia's Constitutional System of Government, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1995.
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