Federal Constitutional Law

Provides a concise and informed introduction to the principal issues of federal constitutional law. Significant case law relating to important provisions of the Australian Constitution is explained and analysis is provided of the central principles and concepts presently at work in federal constitutional law.

The third edition of FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW continues this book's tradition of elucidating the potentially difficult discipline of constitutional law in a clear, accessible and engaging way. The authors, Professor Sarah Joseph and Melissa Castan, examine contemporary perspectives, the latest developments and likely future directions of constitutional law, and supplement primary materials with their narrative-style commentary. Features of this edition include: developments in corporations law, separation of powers, external affairs, executive power, spending and appropriations, freedom of interstate trade, express rights, and the implied right to vote; selected case extracts and materials which ground analysis of the primary constitutional law; accessible, reader-friendly commentary and layout; and straightforward explanations and analysis. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW, 3RD EDITION provides a considered and scholarly understanding of the Australian federal Constitution and is of unrivalled relevance to today's students, researchers and practitioners of constitutional law.

This revised and fully up-to-date English translation of the 7th edition of the Casebook Verfassungsrecht includes a new outline of the German constitution, the BVerfG Court, and its jurisprudence. It condenses more than six decades of constitutional jurisprudence in order to familiarize readers with the style, technique, and language of the Court. As well as an analysis of the general principles of German constitutional law, the book covers the salient articles of the German Constitution and offers relevant extracts of the Court's most important decisions on the provisions of the Basic Law. It provides notes and discussions of landmark cases to illustrate their legal and historical context and give the reader a clear understanding of the principles governing German constitutional law. The book covers the fundamental rights catalogue of the Basic Law and offers a comprehensive account of its intellectual moorings. It includes landmark jurisprudence on the equal treatment of same-sex couples, life imprisonment, the legal structure of property, the right to assembly, and the right to informational self-presentation. The book also covers the provisions and respective case law governing the state structure of Germany, for instance the recent decisions on the prohibition of the far-right German nationalist party, and the Court's jurisprudence on European integration, including the most recent decisions on the OMT-program of the European Central Bank.