{"product_id":"2026200017214-secondhand-on-australias-constitution","title":"On Australia's Constitution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in Australian political history cast as long a shadow as Gough Whitlam, and in On Australia's Constitution, he channels decades of experience and legal acumen into a rigorous examination of the document that governs the nation. Written in the aftermath of the tumultuous constitutional crisis of 1975 — in which Whitlam's own government was dismissed by the Governor-General — this work presents a penetrating argument for fundamental reform, dissecting the ambiguities, anachronisms, and structural weaknesses embedded within Australia's founding charter.\n\nWhitlam writes with the authority of a statesman who lived through the consequences of constitutional failure, and his prose is as forceful as it is precise. The work argues passionately for a more democratic and republican framework, urging Australians to confront the unresolved tensions between Westminster convention and the written constitutional text. A landmark contribution to Australian political thought, this volume remains as urgent and provocative today as when it was first penned — leaving the reader to wonder whether the reforms Whitlam demanded are still yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216189792475,"sku":"2026200017214-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4a2d71ee-a646-40c3-b088-517015303132.png?v=1788404906","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017214-secondhand-on-australias-constitution","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}