Constitutional Issues

Balance of power

• Need to fill in

Impact of High Court Decisions• Outline it’s role.

• Phases(or are they trends?) and examples.

• Evaluate impact.

• Is it important?

• What are overall trends?

Impact of High Court Decisions• Of course it is as it is the most important

agent for constitutional change and also sets the precedents for common law.

• Why, because other forms of constitutional change are limited. What are these?

• Is highest court in the land for common law.

High Court

• Overall trends are:

• Activist and centralist and Implied Rights

• Need examples

Significance of 1975 crisis

• Conventions Vs Constituitons• Should they be codified?• Westminster Vs

Washington(Federalism)• Constitutional Monarchy VS Republic• Role of GG (and PM)• Constitution seen as inadequate by

public

Republic debate

• Arguments for a republic?

• Arguments against a republic?

• Is it likely to ever happen?

• What type of model, but don’t spend ages on this.