ISBN: 3540271910
TITLE: Characterisation in Federations
AUTHOR: Taylor
TOC:

Preface v
1. Introduction 1
2. Australia 5
a. Doctrine 5
b. Criticism: ignoring purpose in characterisation 8
c. Criticism: ignoring context in scope doctrine 17
d. The exception that disproves the rule 21
3. Canada 27
a. Federalism as a core value 27
b. Text and doctrine 27
c. The residue 36
d. Characterisation (in the narrow sense) 40
e. The double aspect doctrine 49
4. The United States of America 51
a. Introduction 51
b. Categories of commerce 53
c. The reasoning in Lopez 57
d. Unresolved issues 61
5. Germany 75
a. Introduction 75
b. Text 76
c. Scope 77
d. Characterisation (in the narrow sense) 89
6. Austria 95
a. Introduction 95
b. The petrification theory: basic principles 98
c. Intra-systemic development 101
d. The petrification theory and originalism 102
e. Illustrations from the case law 106
f. Characterisation (in the narrow sense) 108
7. India 111
a. Introduction 111
b. Scope 112
c. "Pith and substance" again 116
d. Incidental power 119
e. Pakistan 120
B. Works in progress: South Africa, Malaysia and Scotland 123
a. South Africa 123
b. Malaysia 128
c. Scotland 133
9. Concluding remarks 137
Appendix - Basic Constitutional Provisions
a. Australia 145
b. Canada 147
c. United States of America 151
d. Germany 152
e. Austria 155
References 167
Table of cases 173
Index 181
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