Shaping Nations: Constitutionalism and Society in Australia and Canada

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Shaping Nations: Constitutionalism and Society in Australia and Canada Edited by Linda Cardinal and David Headon Table of Contents Contributors vii Foreword: His ExcellencyGreg Wood, Australian High Commissioner to Canada xiii Introduction: Linda Cardinal and David Headon 1 Part I: Constitutionalism 1. "The Blizzard and Oz": Canadian Influences on the Australian Constitution Then and Now 5 John Williams 2. Sister Colonies with Separate Constitutions: Why Australian Federationists Rejected the Canadian Constitution 27 Helen Irving 3. Democratic Pluralism: The Foundational Principle of Constitutionalism in Canada 39 Errol P. Mendes Part II: Colonialism 4. "Obnoxious BorderCustoms": A Catalyst for Federation 73 Jeff Brownrigg 5. Planting BritishLegalCulture in Colonial Soil: Legal Professionalism in the Lands of the Beaverand Kangaroo 91 W. Wesley Pue 6. The Wattle and the Maple in the Garden of the Empire 117 Angelika Sauer Part III: Relations Between Australia and Canada 7. Parties Long Estranged: The Initiation of Australian Canadian Diplomatic Relations, 1935-1940 135 Galen Roger Perras 8. Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater? Huntington's "KinCountry ", Thesis and Australian-Canadian Relations 167 Kirn Richard Nossal 9. Canada and Australia: An Ocean of Difference in Threat Perception 183 Desmond Morton 10. The Great War Soldier as "Nation Builder" in Canada and Australia 195 Jeffrey Keshen Part IV: Republicanism and National Identity 11. The Australian Republic: Still Captive After All These Years 225 Mark McKenna 12. Mateship, Mayhem and the Australian Constitution's Preamble 245 David Headon 13. Canada's Republican Silence 259 David E. Smith Part V: Governance 14. Participation of Non-Party Interveners and Amid Curiae in Constitutional Cases in Canadian Provincial Courts: Guidance for Australia? 273 Patrick Keyzer 15. Innovations in Governance in Canada 291 Gilles Paquet 16. Australian and Canadian Film Industries: A Personal Perspective 311 Judith McCann 17. A Practitioner's View of Comparative Governance in Australia and Canada 325 Greg Wood ...