Posted: September 20th, 2015

constitutional argument.

What was the constitutional argument put by the Governor General for dismissing the Whitlam government in 1975? In what ways was this, as Emy (1978) suggested, a triumph of the ‘literalist-federalists’ over the ‘constitutionalists’?

the following are some resources
Archer, J., & Maddox, G. (2008). The 1975 Constitutional Crisis in Australia. The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics , 2 (14), 141-157.

Bach, S. (2003). Platypus and Parliament. Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Department of the Senate.

Emy, H. V. (1978). The Politics of Australian Democracy: Fundamentals in Dispute (2nd Edition ed.). South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Macmillan.

Kelly, P. (1995). November 1975. St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd.

Paul, J. B. (1999). 1975 and All that in Partisian Perspectives on the Dismissal and Their Implications for Further Debate on the Constitution. Monash Law Review , 25 (2), 312-374.

Whitlam, G. (1985). The Whitlam Government. Ringwood, VIC, Australia: Viking.

Winterton, G. (2003). 1975: The Dismissal of the Whitlam Government. In H. P. Lee, & G. Winterton, Australian Constitutional Landmarks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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