Contemporary Annotators - section by section treatment
The following 'annotators' provide a section by section treatment, providing commentary and leading cases for each provision.
The Australian Constitution (annotated) by Call Number: KM 76 AUSTPublication Date: 2000This book sets out the text of the Constitution with notes to explain the effect of each chapter and each section- Lumb, Moens & Trone, The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia Annotated by Call Number: KM 76 MOENPublication Date: 2016, LexisNexis Butterworths
Contemporaneous Annotators - Section by Section Treatment
There are two contemporaneous commentaries written at the time of the drafting of the Constitution. Both are widely cited in case law and scholarly writings and held to be authoritative. These are by Quick & Garren and by Moore.
- John Quick and Robert Randolph Garran, The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth
- In print at the Law Library:
- The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth byCall Number: 342.94 QUICPublication Date: 1976The 1976 reprint of the 1901 version. This work starts with an extensive historical introduction and guide to the study of the Constitution. It is then followed by analytical, legal and political commentaries for each section.
- The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth: 2015 Reprint byCall Number: KM 76 QUICPublication Date: 2015
- HeinOnlineJohn Quick and Robert Randolph Garran, The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth (Angus & Robertson, 1901) PDF replica of the original 1901 publication.
- Open access online:
- Commentaries on the Constitution of the Commonwealth of AustraliaReproduced by the University of Sydney from the 1901 original.
- Historical Introduction to the Annotated Constitution of the Australian CommonwealthReproduced by the University of Sydney from the 1901 original.
- W Harrison Moore, The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia (John Murray, 1902)
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The 1st edition (1902) is available:
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Online on Open Access:
- The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2000, John MurrayReproduced by the University of Sydney in 2000 from the original 1902 book.
In Print:
- The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia by Call Number: 342.94 MOORPublication Date: 1902, John MurrayIn the Law Library Rare Books Collection and in offsite Store.
- The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2nd edition by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 1910(UniMelb staff & student access)
- The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia by Call Number: 342.94 MOORPublication Date: 1910In print at the Baillieu Library.