This book provides an engaging and distinctive treatment for anyone seeking to understand the significance and interpretation of the Constitution.

Nicholas Aroney is a Professor of Constitutional Law and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland.

1. The Constitution; 2. The Parliament; 3. Legislative power; 4. Demarcations of power; 5. Limits on power; 6. The Executive; 7. Executive power; 8. The judicature; 9. Judicial power; 10. The states.