Shaping nations : constitutionalism and society in Australia and Canada / / edited by Linda Cardinal and David Headon

• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : University of Ottawa Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.9
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional history - Australia; Constitutional history - Canada; Federal government - Australia; Federal government - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Politics and government Congresses; Canada Politics and government Congresses
• Altri autori: CardinalLinda <1959-> HeadonDavid John <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword: His Excellency Greg Wood, Australian High Commissioner to Canada; Introduction: Linda Cardinal and David Headon; Part I: Constitutionalism; 1. ""The Blizzard and Oz"": Canadian Influences on the Australian Constitution Then and Now; 2. Sister Colonies with Separate Constitutions: Why Australian Federationists Rejected the Canadian Constitution; 3. Democratic Pluralism: The Foundational Principle of Constitutionalism in Canada; Part II: Colonialism; 4. ""Obnoxious Border Customs"": A Catalyst for Federation ; 5. Planting British Legal Culture in Colonial Soil: Legal Professionalism in the Lands of the Beaver and Kangaroo6. The Wattle and the Maple in the Garden of the Empire; Part III: Relations Between Australia and Canada; 7. Parties Long Estranged: The Initiation of Australian Canadian Diplomatic Relations, 1935-1940; 8. Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater? Huntington's ""Kin-Country"", Thesis and Australian-Canadian Relations; 9. Canada and Australia: An Ocean of Difference in Threat Perception; 10. The Great War Soldier as ""Nation Builder"" in Canada and Australia ; Part IV: Republicanism and National Identity11. The Australian Republic: Still Captive After All These Years; 12. Mateship, Mayhem and the Australian Constitution's Preamble; 13. Canada's Republican Silence; Part V: Governance; 14. Participation of Non-Party Interveners and Amici Curiae in Constitutional Cases in Canadian Provincial Courts: Guidance for Australia?; 15. Innovations in Governance in Canada; 16. Australian and Canadian Film Industries: A Personal Perspective; 17. A Practitioner's View of Comparative Governance in Australia and Canada
• Sommario/riassunto: As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, Shaping Nations brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaping nations
• ISBN: 0-7766-1690-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155524603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Governance series ; ; 4.