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Law and justice in Australia : foundations of the legal system / Prue Vines.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Second editionDescription: xxxii, 431 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195551443
  • 9780195551440
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.94 22
Contents:
Part 1. Australia's legal system in focus -- Part 2. The English heritage -- Part 3. The impact of the English heritage -- Part 4. Moving towards independence -- Part 5. Drawing on the heritage: legal institutions in action -- --
Part 1. Australia's legal system in focus -- 1. The distinctiveness of Australian law -- 2. The place of Australia in global law -- -- Part 2. The English heritage -- 3. The Royal Courts and the development of the common law -- 4. Lawyers and the early development of the doctrine of precedent -- 5. The idea of law in the Civil War and the glorious Revolution -- -- Part 3. The impact of the English heritage -- 6. The impact on the Indigenous inhabitants -- 7. Britain and the colonists: using the heritage -- -- Part 4. Moving towards independence -- 8. The nature and scope of parliamentary democracy in the States -- 9. Federation as the will of the people -- 10. Independent attitudes, race and justice -- -- Part 5. Drawing on the heritage: legal institutions in action -- 11. Classifying Australian law -- 12. The courts in action -- 13. The doctrine of precedent -- 14. The doctrine of precedent in action -- 15. Interpreting statutes -- 16. Conclusion: the importance of law.
Summary: Takes a historical, critical and contextual approach to law and justice and offers students a mix of stories, cases, article extracts and explanatory commentary with which to engage with the Australian legal system. Author from University of NSW, Australia.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 349.94 VIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A440601B

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Australia's legal system in focus -- Part 2. The English heritage -- Part 3. The impact of the English heritage -- Part 4. Moving towards independence -- Part 5. Drawing on the heritage: legal institutions in action -- --

Part 1. Australia's legal system in focus -- 1. The distinctiveness of Australian law -- 2. The place of Australia in global law -- -- Part 2. The English heritage -- 3. The Royal Courts and the development of the common law -- 4. Lawyers and the early development of the doctrine of precedent -- 5. The idea of law in the Civil War and the glorious Revolution -- -- Part 3. The impact of the English heritage -- 6. The impact on the Indigenous inhabitants -- 7. Britain and the colonists: using the heritage -- -- Part 4. Moving towards independence -- 8. The nature and scope of parliamentary democracy in the States -- 9. Federation as the will of the people -- 10. Independent attitudes, race and justice -- -- Part 5. Drawing on the heritage: legal institutions in action -- 11. Classifying Australian law -- 12. The courts in action -- 13. The doctrine of precedent -- 14. The doctrine of precedent in action -- 15. Interpreting statutes -- 16. Conclusion: the importance of law.

Takes a historical, critical and contextual approach to law and justice and offers students a mix of stories, cases, article extracts and explanatory commentary with which to engage with the Australian legal system. Author from University of NSW, Australia.

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