Legal History Tutorial by Dane Luo - Monday 24 July 2023

About
Dane Luo is the Associate to the Hon Justice Hammerschlag, Chief Judge in EquityDane's topic is "The Path to Independence: Australia’s Constitution and her British ties" - from his outline: The Australian Constitution was written ‘at a time of ambivalence about Australia’s place in the world, whether it was an independent country or a child of England.’ The Constitution, which itself formed part of an Act of the Imperial Parliament, was a colonial document that assumed the primacy of the ‘Mother Country’. At Federation, the legislature, executive and judiciary branches of the Commonwealth and States were all subject to the control of the Imperial Parliament, British Ministers and the Privy Council.
In his tutorial, Dane will explore the incremental path and the developments that led Australia achieving complete independence from the United Kingdom across all branches of government at both the federal and state level.
Location
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