Editing Reserved powers (section)

=== Common law countries ===
The [[United Kingdom]] and countries whose legal system is [[Common law#Propagation of the common law to the colonies and Commonwealth by reception statutes|based on common law]], such as [[Canada]], [[India]], [[Israel]], and [[Ireland]], have similar legal frameworks of reserved powers.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/speech-151008.pdf|title=The UK Supreme Court in the United Kingdom Constitution|author=[[Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond|Brenda Hale]]|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2023|only discusses UK}}

==== Australia ====
In Australia, despite the centralized nature of the constitution, the High Court adopted the "[[reserved powers doctrine]]" which was used until 1920 to preserve as much autonomy for the states as can be interpreted from the constitution. This practice changed with the [[Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd|Engineers' Case]] which led reserved powers to be given to the Commonwealth.<ref name="Aroney 2008">{{cite journal|last=Aroney |first=N |title=Constitutional Choices in the Work Choices Case, or What Exactly Is Wrong with the Reserved Powers Doctrine? |journal=Melbourne University Law Review |year=2008 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MelbULawRw/2008/1.html}} (2008) 32 [[Melbourne University Law Review]] 1.</ref>

==== Canada ====
In Canada the reserved powers lie with the federal government.<ref name="nerenberg">[https://us.nicebooks.com/book/6345053 Handbook of Federal Countries, 2002: A project of the Forum of Federations] (Paperback, 528 pages), by Karl Nerenberg, Ann L. Griffiths, Debbie Courtois, Mar 24, 2003, McGill-Queen's University Press. {{ISBN|9780773525115}} - Page 8, in Introduction, by John Kincaid.</ref>