The Constitution of Western Australia [electronic resource] : An Exploration / by Alan Fenna, Sarah Murray.

1. Introduction: Discovering the WA Constitution -- 2. The What, Why and How of Constitutions -- 3. The WA Constitution in the Federal System -- 4. Origins of the WA Constitution: Framers, History and Documents -- 5. First Peoples and the WA Constitution -- 6. The Constitution and System of Government -- 7. Voting Rights and Electoral System -- 8. Amending the State Constitution: Fundamental or Ordinary Law? -- 9. What Should Be Done? Consolidation and Beyond -- 10. Conclusion.

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia's (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood - or even easy to identify - and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science - something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution.