Realising Democracy

Electoral Law in Australia

• Author(s): Graeme Orr, Bryan Mercurio, George Williams,
• Publisher: Federation Press
• Pages: 250
• ISBN_10: 1862874816
  ISBN_13: 9781862874817
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , Law / General , Law / Constitutional , Law / Election Law , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy , Political Science / World / Australian & Oceanian ,

Description:... Democratic elections, everywhere, fulfil the dual functions of legitimising and checking power. They guarantee a bedrock, if limited, form of political participation and equality. Electoral law defines and shapes the rights and obligations of every aspect of elections, from core elements such as the franchise and voting system, to the minutiae of the administration of elections. To understand Australian electoral law, its history and contours, to identify and question its failings and to propose its reform, is to come to know the essential features of Australian democracy. "Realising Democracy: Electoral Law in Austrlaia" explores the law of elections in Australia. It explores Australia's rich history of electoral law innovation as well as exciting contemporary challenges such as electronic voting and party regulation. It seeks to place the regulation of elections in the context of administrative and political practice, and the values elections are designed to promote - freedom, equality and deliberation.