Nicholas Aroney describes how ideas about federalism influenced those who drafted the Australian Constitution.

Nicholas Aroney is a Reader in Law at the T. C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, a member of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and a fellow of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at the University of Queensland.

Preface; Table of statues and executive instruements; Table of cases; Introduction: Australia as a federal commonwealth; Part I. Federalism: 1. Conceptualising federalism; 2. Reframing the analysis; Part II. Federating Australia: 3. Models and sources; 4. Australian appropriations; 5. Constitutional foundations; 6. Formative institutions; Part III. Australian Federation: 7. Principles of representation; 8. Representative institutions; 9. The states and the Commonwealth; 10. Configurations of power; 11. Amendment procedures; Part IV. Conclusions: 12. A federal commonwealth; Select provisions; Bibliography; Index.