CONTENTS vii PAGE OHAPTER XII. IMPERIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE DOMINIONS : 2 : . The Paramount Power of the Imperial Parliament . The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873 ' . The Colonial Prisoners Removal Acts, 1869 and 1884 The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 The Army Act, 1881 . : ; The Colonial Defence Acts, 1865 and 1909 Acts affecting International Relations Co-operation in Judicial Matters . The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 Admiralty Jurisdiction . . ‘The Naturalization Act, 1870 . . Imperial Acts indirectly affecting the Colonies validating Colonial Acts . affecting Colonial Constitution i Boundaries ss . the Crown . . The Colonial Laws Validity Act. 1865, and the Parlia ment Act. 191} PART VI. THE JUDICIARY CHAPTER I. THE TENURE OF JUDICIAL OFFICES Change of Tenure on the Introduction of Responsible Government . » The Rules in Australia . in New Zealand in Canada . in Newfoundland in the Cape . in Natal . ‘ in the Commonwealth - in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony » in the Union of South Africa . The Provisions of Burke’s Act . 3 Judge Boothby’s Case ' 2 The Power to Suspend . - Judicial Immunities . CHAPTER IT. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 Vice-Admiralty Courts . Droits of the Crown . . Appeals to the High Court from Courts of Inquiry . The Merchant Shipping Act. 1894, ss. 686 and 687 . 1316-28 1316 1316 1318 1319 1320 1320 1321 1321 1322 1322 1322 1324 1325 1326 1327 1327 } 39K 1320-47 1329 1330 1333 1337 1338 1338 1339 1339 1340 1340 1341 1343 1345 1347 1348-56 1348 1350 1350 1353 1353