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George Williams

George Williams is the Vice-Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University. He previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Law and Anthony Mason Professor at the University of New South Wales. He is a leading constitutional lawyer whose books include Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court and led major public inquiries.

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9781742237404

Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Megan Davis, George Williams

Essential reading on how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, and the lead-up and response to the Uluru Statement.

Everything you Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians

Megan Davis, George Williams

This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution.

A Charter of Rights for Australia

George Williams, Daniel Reynolds

Australia does not have a bill or charter of rights, which means there is no comprehensive law that enshrines human rights in Australia – even though these laws are standard in the rest of the developed world. So what does this mean for the rights of Australian citizens?

Bills of Rights in Australia

Andrew Byrnes, H Charlesworth, Gabrielle McKinnon

Bills of Rights in Australia , written by the leading experts in the field, examines the arguments for and against greater protection of human rights. Original and timely, it examines the emerging evidence of the impact of these uniquely Australian bills of rights.

9780868409061

No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law

Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell, George Williams

People Power: The history and the future of the referendum in Australia

People Power: The history and the future of the referendum in Australia

George Williams, David Hume

From the failed attempt to ban communism in 1951 to the unsuccessful republican referendum of 1999, Australians have been cautious about constitutional change, approving only eight out of 44 referendum proposals in just over 100 years – a success rate of about 18%. People Power

Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials

Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity, George Williams

Most tellingly, the book asks whether seeing these anti-terror laws as normal is a danger in itself.

9781742238111

Everything You Need to Know about the Voice

Megan Davis, George Williams

Australians will soon be faced with an important choice. Will they vote Yes to change our nation’s Constitution to introduce an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? Or will they vote No and bring the recognition process to a halt and, along with it, the aspirations of an overwhelming number of Australia’s first peoples? The stakes could not be higher.

9781742237732

How to Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations

Harry Hobbs, George Williams

How to Rule Your Own Country is a lively account of the people who decide that ‘enough is enough’ and create their own nation.

9781742237985

People Power: How Australian referendums are lost and won new edition

David Hume, George Williams

In the only full history of constitutional change in Australia, George Williams and David Hume examine Australia’s referendum record, why success has been so rare and how we can change this.