The Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law - presents a Public Lecture and Book Launch

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Date:	Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Time:	5:30pm - 6:30pm
Room:	Banco Court,
Location:	Level 2, Supreme Court Buidling, Brisbane
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Description:	The Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law in the TC Beirne School of Law presents a public lecture and book launch by: * Dr Nicholas Aroney, Reader in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Public Lecture: Reinvigorating Australian Federalism * The Hon Ian Callinan AC QC, Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1998-2007 Book Launch: The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth (Cambridge University Press, 2009) The Preamble to the Australian Constitution declares that the Commonwealth of Australia is a ‘federal commonwealth’. What did the framers of the Constitution mean by this idea, and how was the idea embodied in the document itself? Australian federalism is widely thought to be in need of a radical overhaul. But reforms of the federal system will have to be developed within the existing system established by the Constitution, or else involve formal constitutional change undertaken in accordance with the amendment processes prescribed therein. If we were to embark on a program of reform of Australian federalism that was consistent with the framers’ idea of a ‘federal commonwealth’, what would those reforms look like? Would they involve a further increase in the legislative and fiscal powers of the Commonwealth and the reduction of the State governments to administrative service providers? Or would they begin with reforms at a State level, including the re-establishment of the State constitutions on the basis of the authority of the people of each State and a reassertion by the States of their status as self-governing polities within the federation?
Event Category:	Other events / Alumni / Public lectures / Seminars & workshops / Student matters / Teaching & Learning Week /
Contact Information
Name:	Ms Tina Vasiljevic
Phone:	3346 9350
Email:	marketing@uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:	Law
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