New South Wales Legislative Council Practice

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-86287-651-4
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 736 Seiten, Gewicht: 1776 g

This first edition of New South Wales Legislative Council Practice brings together the history, practice and procedure of the New South Wales Legislative Council – the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament, and the first and oldest legislative body in Australia. Since the advent of responsible government in New South Wales in 1856, the New South Wales Legislative Council has been the focus of continuous struggle regarding its composition, powers, role and very existence. However, from its tumultuous history, the Council has in recent years emerged as a democratically elected, powerful and effective upper house, in many ways mirroring the development of the Australian Senate. Today the Council performs key functions within the New South Wales system of government including representing the people and scrutinising the executive government as a 'House of Review'. The rich history of the New South Wales Legislative Council has brought with it a wealth of parliamentary precedent with which to guide modern practice and procedures in the House. While practitioners of parliamentary law and practice in New South Wales have long had access to authorities such as Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice and Odgers' Australian Senate Practice, the publication of New South Wales Legislative Council Practice will provide an essential reference book to understanding parliamentary privilege, practice and procedure in the New South Wales Upper House.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovelock, Lynn

Evans, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents 1 The New South Wales system of government 2 The New South Wales Legislative Council 3 Parliamentary privilege: Immunities and powers of the House 4 Elections 5 Members 6 Office holders and administration of the Legislative Council 7 Meetings of the Legislative Council 8 Conduct of proceedings 9 Publication and broadcasting of proceedings 10 Resolutions, motions and amendments 11 Rules of debate 12 The legislative process 13 Financial legislation 14 Delegated legislation 15 Committee of the whole House 16 Relations with the Executive 17 Documents 18 The inquiry power 19 Committees 20 Relations with the judiciary 21 Relations between the Houses 22 The physical setting Table of Cases Table of Standing Orders Index