Gabrielle Appleby is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide researching the constitutional role of the Solicitor-General in Australia. Nicholas Aroney is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law in the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Thomas John heads the Commonwealth Attorney-General Department's private international law section.
'This diverse and wide-ranging collection brings together some of the best thinkers on federalism both locally and internationally, and enriches contemporary debates on the challenges and possibilities of Australian federal reform by placing them in engaging comparative perspective. It will be of interest to students, academics and public policy practitioners across law, political science and economics, and is highly recommended as a significant contribution to federal scholarship.' Paul Kildea, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics This diverse and wide-ranging collection brings together some of the best thinkers on federalism both locally and internationally, and enriches contemporary debates on the challenges and possibilities of Australian federal reform by placing them in engaging comparative perspective. It will be of interest to students, academics and public policy practitioners across law, political science and economics, and is highly recommended as a significant contribution to federal scholarship. Paul Kildea, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics