Based on two other treatises on federal constitutional law by the same author, this manual provides a simplified version with explanatory notes. Includes over 100 problems for students to work through to test their understanding of the material. The parent treatises are 'The Australian Federal System' published in 1979 and 'Lane's Commentary on Australian Constitutional Law' published in 1986 with annual cumulative supplements. This sixth edition has deleted old material no longer under discussion and added chapters on active areas such as the new implied freedoms and the High Court's interpretation technique. The increased development of the corporations power and the external affairs power is also discussed in detail. The author is Emeritus Challis Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and has written nine other textbooks relating to Australian constitutional law. Also available in hardback.