Australia: Devotion to Legalism

Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Goldsworthy, Jeffrey ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Constitution; Constitutional interpretation; Creativity; High court; Judges; Judicial review; Separation of powers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226474.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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