Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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790 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV Constitution, on the other hand, at once places all the old constitutions on a new basis by subordinating the executive head of the province to the control of the Governor-General and by subjecting the legislative power to disallowance by the Governor-General in Council. Moreover, the distribution of power is of an essentially different character in form at least ; the states have all their powers save so far as they are expressly taken away, and the provinces have only such powers as are expressly left to them. It is true that the difference is more in appearance, perhaps, than in reality, for the exclusive and paramount powers deprive the states of much of their old authority, but the difference is in principle essential, and marks the dependence of the Commonwealth Constitution on the American model, which was constantly before the minds of the delegates who framed the Constitution. In the constitution of the legislative power of the Common- wealth there is, in accordance with United States models, a deliberate attempt to secure some measure of state influence. The Senate is composed of six members from each state who are elected at present by the electors—not by the Legislature, as in the United States—each state as a single constituency. Half retire every three years (those to retire being decided originally by the receipt of the lowest number of votes in each state), the tenure of office being six years. The Parliament may make laws diminishing or increasing the number of senators, but the representation of each original state shall be equal, and there shall never be less than six senators for each state which was an original state. More- over, in the case of a casual vacancy in the representation of a state the election is to be made by the two Houses of the State Parliament sitting together, and not by the people, and the Governor in Council may appoint a senator to hold office until fourteen days after the Houses meet, if the vacancy occurs when they are not sitting. It was thought that in this way the smaller states would be able to secure power over finance and over arrangements likely to affect v Cf. Clark, Australian Constitutional Law, pp. 358-87.

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