Administrative / Constitutional Law

Law and Justice in Australia Foundations of the Legal System, 3rd Edition

By Prue Vines
Oxford University Press October 2013

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780195576566
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
October 2013
Format
Paperback , 512 pages
Jurisdiction
Australia ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Makes Australian legal history lively with a clear writing style, and the use of primary source extracts and 'quirky stories' to engage students with the content and teach key principles.
  • Law in Action sections throughout help lecturers link and draw out key issues.

Law and Justice in Australia takes a historical, critical and contextual approach to law and justice and offers students a mix of stories, cases, article extracts and explanatory commentary. This together with the author's narrative writing style encourages students to develop an in-depth understanding of the legal system and creates a solid basis for further studies in law.

Readership: 1st year undergraduate (or postgraduate) law students studying a foundation law subject called Introduction to the Legal System, Introduction to Law or Foundations of Law etc.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: The Australian Legal System
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 Developments of the Common Law
4: Lawyers and the Early Development of the Doctrine of Precedent
Part 3: The Impact of the English Heritage
5: The Idea of Law in the Civil War and the Glorious Revolution
6: The Impact on the Indigenous Inhabitants
7: Britain and the Great 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: The Modern Lawyer
17: Conclusion: The Importance of Law
Index

About the Author

Prue Vines Professor, Director, First year Studies and Co-Director Private Law Research & Policy Group, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.

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