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Page 71
He explained to the delegates that if they accepted a federal constitution then
they were giving the minority equal power with the majority , because in a federal
constitution every law had to receive assent of the majority of the people , and the
...
He explained to the delegates that if they accepted a federal constitution then
they were giving the minority equal power with the majority , because in a federal
constitution every law had to receive assent of the majority of the people , and the
...
Page 72
tyranny of the majority . Andrew Inglis Clark of Tasmania , another lawyer ,
reminded the members of the Convention that the British constitution was not
based on the absolute rule of the majority : nor was it based on equal electoral
districts .
tyranny of the majority . Andrew Inglis Clark of Tasmania , another lawyer ,
reminded the members of the Convention that the British constitution was not
based on the absolute rule of the majority : nor was it based on equal electoral
districts .
Page 115
the majority threw him up in the air , caught him , and carried him bodily out of the
hall to the cheers of the majority . The majority of delegates to the conference
were looking for ways of preventing the Labor members of parliament from being
...
the majority threw him up in the air , caught him , and carried him bodily out of the
hall to the cheers of the majority . The majority of delegates to the conference
were looking for ways of preventing the Labor members of parliament from being
...
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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