01706     2200205   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001100123084001700134100001800151245005500169260005000224300002600274520114800300990002601448990002601474INLIS00000000000413320221101103021  a0010-0520004133221101                |          | eng    a0-521-40039-2  aeng  a342.03  a342.03 ZIN c0 aZines, Leslie1 aConstitutional Change Commonwealth /cLeslie Zines  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2006  avii, 118 p. ;c22 cm.  aThis book is concerned with changes and proposed changes to the governmental structures of the four oldest members of the Commonwealth--Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It is divided into three sections. The first contrasts the efforts of the three "older dominions" to free themselves legally from their constitutional ties with the United Kingdom, not achieved until the 1980s. The second section examines attempts and proposals to curb the power of the parliaments to impair individual and democratic rights. Only Canada has achieved something similar to the United States' Bill of Rights, but there are some social pressures in the same direction in the other three countries. The final section compares the judicial interpretation of the federal constitutions of Canada and Australia. This in turn is compared with the position of Britain in the EEC. As a result of political forces and judicial interpretation, the power of the British Parliament is steadily waning in favor of increased Community power, in a manner akin to that occurring in relation to the distribution of central and regional power in Canada and Australia.  a07181/MKRI-P/XII-2007  a07181/MKRI-P/XII-2007