Constitutional Law in Two Hours

By popular demand, here it is! An overview of what you will cover in an Australian Constitutional Law undergraduate subject, boiled down to its bare bones, explained in simple, sensible, comprehensible terms - with key authorities and points to remember.

Early on in the video, I mention that if your knowledge of the parliamentary and court system is limited, it may be useful to revise some materials on those topics. Here are the relevant videos:

Parliament:    • Introduction to Law Video 4: The Parliament  
Legislative Process:    • Introduction to Law Video 6: The legislati...  
Court system:    • Video #8: The Court system  

Timestamps:

2:30 What are the purposes of a Constitution?
7:30 The process of Federation and eventually of Independence
13:00 The estates of power
16:00 Separation of powers
17:00 Responsible Government (Westminster System)
19:00 The Parliament
27:00 Concept of enumerated powers
28:30 Trade and Commerce power
36:30 Banking power
37:30 Loans power
40:30 Corporations power
46:00 External affairs power
54:00 Defence power
59:00 Immigration and emigration power
1:02:00 Marriage and divorce powers
1:05:30 Social security powers
1:07:00 Bankruptcy and insolvency powers
1:08:00 Intellectual property powers
1:10:00 Uniformity/consistency powers (money, measures, telecommunications)
1:12:00 Referred powers
1:14:30 Executive powers
1:18:30 Judicial powers
1:39:00 Commonwealth/state relations
1:41:30 Inconsistency of laws (s.109)
1:44:00 Implied intergovernmental immunities
1:46:30 Vertical fiscal imbalance
1:40:00 Tied grants (s.96)
1:52:30 Changing the constitution
1:55:30 Right and the Constitution