Introduction
Charles Sampford and Kim Preston
Theoretical Approaches to Constitutional Interpretation
The interpretation of a constitution in a modern liberal democracy
Sir Anthony Mason
Paradigm shifts in judicial interpretation: reframing legal and constitutional reasoning
Bryan Horrigan
Constituting a nation: adjudication as constitutive rhetoric
Sandra S Berns
Democracy and Judicial Choice: The Implied Rights Debate
Constitutionally entrenched common law rights: sacrificing means to ends?
George Winterton
A return to Dicey? The philosophical foundations of the Australian High Court’s implied rights jurisprudence
Haig Patapan
Judicial invalidation of legislation and democratic principles
David Wood
Judiciary and Parliament: Aligning Institutional Roles
The Australian High Court’s role in institutional maintenance and development
Brian Galligan
The Australian Parliament and High Court: determination of constitutional questions
Daryl Williams
Politically sensitive interpretation
David Solomon
Overruling constitutional interpretations
JW Harris
International dimensions of constitutional interpretation
HP Lee
Table of Cases/ Table of Statutes/ References/ Index