The Office of the Governor-General by Paul Hasluck - ISBN: 9780522841879
Paperback
Head of State’s role revealed: Power, justification, and Australian governance.

The Office of the Governor-General

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  • Paperback

    56 pages

  • Release Date

    11 July 2013

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Summary

No citizen who is interested in how he or she is governed can afford to miss this account of the role of the Head of State written, as it were, ‘from the inside’.

The events of November 1975 sparked off lively debate as to what the Governor-General does. The real point at issue in that controversy was not whether a Governor-General has the power to dismiss a Prime Minister. The fact that the power was exercised is proof that the power exists. The question to be asked is whether the Go…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522841879
ISBN-10:0522841872
Author:Paul Hasluck
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:56
Release Date:11 July 2013
Weight:68g
Dimensions:200mm x 132mm x 11mm

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