Cheryl Saunders

PNG: A Framework for Consideration and Discussion of Decentralised Government Systems

2021 - 2021

Multi-level Governance and Decentralisation in Constitutions in OECD Countries: A Comparative Overview

2021 - 2021

Implications of ‘greater autonomy’ and ‘independence’ for Bougainville

2019 - 2020

Renewing Australian Federalism

2013 - 2015

Meeting the Challenges of Constitutional Comparison

This project offers a more genuinely global approach to comparative constitutional law. It will deepen understanding of the operation and un..

2011 - 2015

'Soft' and 'Fuzzy' Law in International and Domestic Contexts

2013 - 2014

International and Comparative Law

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS

This project is the first-ever national description of Australian regionalism, using insights from political and social science, constitutio..

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Research Contracts

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Internal Research Grant

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 201 for Cheryl Saunders.

Constitutionalism in Australia

Cheryl Saunders

Book Chapter | 2022

This chapter explores the history of Australian constitutionalism. To this end, it necessarily develops a definition of constituti..

Introduction

Una McIlvenna

Book Chapter | 2022

Abstract This chapter introduces the concepts, features, appearance, and prevalence of execution ballads. It explai..

Democracy, Constitutionalism, Modernity, Globalisation

Cheryl Saunders

Journal article | 2022 | Jus Cogens

POST-WAR CONSTITUTION-MAKING: insights from South Asia

C Saunders

Journal article | 2022 | Indian Law Review

This paper explores the search for constitutional settlement in Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In recent decades in each of these s..

Constitution transformation

C Saunders

Journal article | 2021 | Global Constitutionalism

This article explores the extent to which (if at all) the concept of a constitution is undergoing change in the conditions of glob..

GRAPPLING WITH THE PANDEMIC: Rich insights into intergovernmental relations

C Saunders

Book Chapter | 2021

This chapter examines the use of intergovernmental relations in federal-type systems during the challenging conditions presented b..

A historic referendum—but who are the people? A response to ‘the Franchise in an Irish unification referendum’ by Christopher Mccrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny

C Saunders

Journal article | 2021 | Irish Studies in International Affairs

‘The Franchise in an Irish Unification Referendum’ by Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny offers a measured discussi..

Treaty-Making in Australia: The Non-Indigenous Party

Cheryl Saunders

Book Chapter | 2021

This continent was colonised without consent. No treaty was signed at first contact or in the years thereafter. Australia is a nat..

Institution Building in Post Referendum Bougainville

Anna Dziedzic, Cheryl Saunders

Report | 2021

This report sets out issues and options for building the institutions of government in post-referendum Bougainville. It defines in..

Challenges of Multilevel Constitutionalism

Cheryl Saunders

Book Chapter | 2020

This chapter deals with multilevel government as one of the significant themes of Paul Craig’s work. Its focus is multilevel gover..

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Scholarly Works

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Justice and the Law

Public Law

Other Law and Legal Studies

Political Science

Human Geography

Legal Systems

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, Language and History

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Society and Community

Creative and Professional Writing

News

Displaying the 10 most recent news articles from 11 for Cheryl Saunders.

The government is determined to keep National Cabinet's work a secret. This should worry us all

Cheryl Saunders

Earlier this month, the Morrison government introduced a bill to parliament that would amend the Freedom of Information Act to allow meetin..

September 14, 2021

The National Cabinet has worked. Can it last?

Cheryl Saunders AO

As the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate in Australia, a new institution, the National Cabinet, emerged. Its members are the Prime Ministe..

June 11, 2020

Is our democracy broken?

Barbara Keys, Tim Lindsey, Cheryl Saunders AO, Mark Triffitt

When it comes to elections in liberal democracies like Australia’s, there are no aberrations and no accidents. The governments we get are t..

October 1, 2018

A Constitution shaped by distance

Cheryl Saunders AO, Adrienne Stone, Joshua Quinn-Watson

The Australian Constitution touches almost every aspect of Australian life providing the legal framework for all of Australia’s political a..

May 24, 2018

Part 1: 2018 Summer reading

Cheryl Saunders AO, Timothy J. Lynch, Vanessa Teague, Glyn Davis, Carolyn Evans, John Hattie, Lauren Rosewarne, Philippa Burne

Holidays are upon us. So, what’s a good book to get your teeth into for the lazy days of summer?Part 2: 2018 Summer readingRead more We’ve..

December 20, 2017

The legal maze of the marriage equality survey

Adrienne Stone, Cheryl Saunders AO, Michael Crommelin, William Partlett

Before Australians even have a chance to have their say on the issue of same-sex marriage, the legality of the whole exercise is being chal..

August 31, 2017

Section 44: Changing the Constitution to reflect modern Australia

Adrienne Stone, Cheryl Saunders AO, Michael Crommelin, William Partlett

Section 44(i) of the Australian constitution continues to wreak political havoc, affecting minor and major parties all the way up to the De..

August 20, 2017

Let the Constitution and democratic principle guide us to renew federalism

Cheryl Saunders

An exercise in reform of the Australian federation is underway. Issues papers have been published. A draft discussion paper has been relea..

July 13, 2015

Federalism is a natural fit for Australia, but we need to make it work

Cheryl Saunders

The reform of Australia’s federation is under review. So far in our special series, leading Australian academics have discussed the future ..

September 24, 2014

FactCheck: are the Gonski school reforms a federal power grab?

Cheryl Saunders

“There is a fox in the chicken coop in this plan and that is that the federal minister for education will have unprecedented power over sta..

July 10, 2013