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ItemNo Preview AvailableFraming the First Victorian Constitution, 1853–5(Faculty of Law, Monash University, 1997)As the approaching centenary of federation renews interest in Australian constitutional history, it is timely to examine the colonial constitutions that were current law for the framers of the Commonwealth Constitution. They were the result of the first Australian exercises in constitution-making. Many of their provisions are still in force. This article describes the framing of one of the new constitutions of the 1850s, the Victorian Constitution Act of 1855. The work of the politicians who dominated Victoria at the start of the gold rush, it created the framework for the constitutional crises of the 1860s and 1870s and remains the source of many provisions of the Constitution Act 1975 (Vic).
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Victorian Government and the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court(Law School, University of New South Wales, 1996)Recent events have directed attention to the place of the Supreme Court of Victoria in the State constitutional structure, as argument has emerged in the press and elsewhere about legislation reducing the Court's jurisdiction. This article considers the legislation which has led to this controversy, the significance of Victoria's distinctive constitutional entrenchment of Supreme Court jurisdiction, and other aspects of the constitutional position of the Supreme Court.
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ItemModelling of plasterboard lined domestic steel frames when subjected to lateral loads(A A BALKEMA PUBLISHERS, 1997)
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ItemInteraction between brick veneer walls and domestic framed structures when subjected to earthquakes(A A BALKEMA PUBLISHERS, 1997)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Life of the Composer: Gerald Finzi's Biography and the Reception of his Works(University of Melbourne, 1997)This issue of Context opens with Megan Prictor's article on English composer, Gerald Finzi, and the relationship between his pastoral style and his critical reception in his own lifetime.
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Item[Review of the book A fool for a client](The Victorian Bar, 1997)
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ItemThe Victorian government and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court( 1996)In the mid-1990s, controversy erupted over the number of acts of parliament that were reducing the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Victoria. This article analyses the legislation that led to this controversy, the significance of Victoria distinctive constitutional entrenchment of Supreme Court jurisdiction, and other aspects of the constitutional position of the Supreme Court.
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ItemLife and death in the biggest city law firm in thebiggest city(The Victorian Bar, 1996)A description of the traditions of legal practice inside a well-established prestigious New York law firm
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Item[Review of the book A civil action by Jonathan Harr and Wrongful death: a medical tragedy](The Victorian Bar, 1997)Two recent books document failed personal injury or tort litigation US style and the procedure underlying the pursuit of law cases.