- Introduction : Discovering the WA Constitution
- The what, why and how of constitutions
- The WA Constitution in the federal system
- Origins of the WA Constitution : framers, history and documents
- First peoples and the WA Constitution
- The constitution and system of government
- Voting rights and electoral system
- Amending the state constitution : fundamental or ordinary law?
- What should be done? : consolidation and beyond
- Conclusion.
"This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood ― or even easy to identify ― and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science — something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution"-- Provided by publisher.
