The Constitution of Independence
The Development of Constitutional Theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Peter C. Oliver
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I: the Imperial Constitution
2. The Imperial Dominions
3. Parliamentary Sovereignty in the Empire and Commonwealth: Dicey's Dominions and Dogmas
4. Theories of Parliamentary Sovereignty after 1931: New and Revised
Part II: Constitution to Independence
5. Canada I: Confederation and the Imperial Theory
6. Canada II: An Independent Constitutional Theory
7. Canada III: The Patriation Reference
8. New Zealand: Waitangi, Westminster, and Wellington
9. Australia I: Colonies, Conventions, and Canberra
10. Australia II: Westminster to Canberra
Part III: Constitutional Independence
11. Legal Continuity or Disguised Revolution?
12. Theoretical Approaches to Sovereignty and Legal System
13. Constitutional Continuity and Constitutional Independence
14. Conclusion
