Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VIII. Imperial unity and imperial co-operation

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PART VIII. IMPERIAL UNITY AND IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION CHAPTER I THE UNITY OF THE EMPIRE § 1. Tre Existing Uniry TuE study of responsible government in the Dominions unquestionably leaves rather the impression of dispersion than of unity ; it is, as we have seen, a long record of the giving up of claims to control, and the leaving to the Domi- nions the power to do as they will in their own affairs. If it has not yet resulted in the grant of a status as international states 1 it is clear that it has gone far upon the way to do so. But this view would be partial and misleading, and the other side of the question becomes obvious when it is remembered that the people and the Crown are ultimately one people and one Crown. [t is of course true that there is a certain tendency to adopt the theory that there is a special species of nationality in each Dominion ; that a man is a Canadian, an Australian, a New Zealander, a South African, and there is even some sanction of law for the use of such terms. For example, the immigration law of Canada of 1910 (c. 27) creates a new and strange entity, a Canadian citizen who is defined as a person who is domiciled in Canada, and who fulfils certain conditions laid down in the Act. If such a person leaves Canada he is entitled to return thither whatever happens; he cannot be excluded because he may fall under the categories which otherwise are fatal to an immigrant’s chance of passing the tests on entrance. There is no recognition of the idea of an Austra- ' The use of the term Sovereign of the States and the Commonwealth in 1 C. L. R. 91, at p. 109; 4 C.L. R. 1087, at pp. 1121. 1126. is corrected by 5 C. L. R. 737, at p. 740. * Cf. Turner L.J. in Low v. Routledge, 1 Ch. App. 42, at pp. 46, 47. 1279'3 AQ

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