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 166-040 Constitutional Design and Change

Note

Formerly available as 166-264/364. Students who have completed 166-264/364 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Brian Galligan & David Tucker

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year Politics subject. Students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the second/third year coordinator.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Usually two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

A study of Australia's constitutional development. 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 the United States will be explored and relevant comparisons with Australian practice made to inform the discussion of these topics.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

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


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