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The High Court and Australian Federalism

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  • Bradley Selway
  • John M. Williams

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This article analyzes the constitutional role of the High Court of Australia during its first hundred years and the effect of that role on the Australian federation. The High Court has accepted as axiomatic that part of its function is the judicial review of legislation of both the federal and state legislatures. Its approach is relatively modest and “textualist.” That approach has been affected by historical changes, including Australia's independence from Great Britain. The decisions of the High Court have provided a framework for the development of the Australian federation over the last century in increasing the relative importance of the federal government at the cost of the state governments. However, those decisions are probably best viewed as reflecting, rather than creating, the changes and developments in the federation. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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  • Bradley Selway & John M. Williams, 2005. "The High Court and Australian Federalism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 35(3), pages 467-488, Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:35:y:2005:i:3:p:467-488
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    1. Alan Fenna, 2019. "The Centralization of Australian Federalism 1901–2010: Measurement and Interpretation," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 49(1), pages 30-56.

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