Federal Constitutional Law - JURD7250
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Principle of Public Law (LAWS1141/JURD7141) and Administrative Law (LAWS1160/JURD7160)
Excluded: LAWS2150
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
- Fundamentals of Australian Constitutional Law
- The High Court and Constitutional Interpretation
- The High Court and Characterisation
- Inconsistency of Laws
- The External Affairs Power
- The Trade and Commerce Power
- The Corporations Power
- The Races Power
- The Defence Power
- The Taxation Power – What is a Tax?
- Fiscal Federalism and the Grants Power
- Trial by Jury and Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Interstate Trade and Commerce
- Freedom of Political Communication
- Judicial Power & Detention
- The Federal Compact: the Melbourne Corporation Principle