The Naked Australian Constitution: Interpretations, Inadequacies, and Implications
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The Naked Australian Constitution: Interpretations, Inadequacies, and Implications

The Naked Australian Constitution: Interpretations, Inadequacies, and Implications

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Ian Killey (Author) Matt Harvey (Contributor)  

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Despite the Australian Constitution having been one of the most stable since its commencement in 1901, it is becoming fatally flawed. The Naked Australian Constitution examines these flaws and the lack of public appreciation of those defects. This is due to several serious errors, including the racial basis of its origin, and the misleading nature of its text-with the High Court having interpreted it in a remarkably subjective manner, undermining the few express requirements and freedoms in the Constitution while also applying concepts that are not required by the constitutional text. As a result, the Constitution is now what the High Court says it is, instead of what it was expected to be by its drafters. Most Australians have no knowledge of the Constitution or its operation, but with the growing subjective application of the Constitution, this constitutional digression requires remedy by a Constitutional review. Ian Killey argues that without review, the Australian people will eventually see the Australian Constitution for what it is rapidly becoming-an Emperor with no clothes.
Ian Killey is sessional lecturer and tutor at Australian Catholic University and an experienced senior lawyer who has worked in the public sector for over 30 years.
  • Contributor: Ian Killey
  • Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
  • ISBN13: 9781666908862
  • Number of Pages: 246
  • Packaged Dimensions: 159x229x21mm
  • Packaged Weight: 494
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Release Date: 2022-07-15
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Ian Killey is sessional lecturer and tutor at Australian Catholic University and an experienced senior lawyer who has worked in the public sector for over 30 years.

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