Understanding Law

Name: Understanding Law
Brand: LexisNexis Australia
SKU: 9780409323467
Price: 324.00 HKD
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Author: Richard Chisholm; Garth Nettheim
ISBN: 9780409323467

Edited by Richard Chisholm · Garth Nettheim

LexisNexis Australia May 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780409323467
Publisher: LexisNexis Australia
Publication: May 2007
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

As law plays an ever-growing part in day-to-day life, it is becoming increasingly necessary for Australians to understand the legal system that governs them.

Written with clarity and humour by highly qualified authors, Understanding Law provides a valuable overview of the Australian legal system and how it works.

* Indigenous law, English law, Australian law
* Main branches of law
* Where law comes from: case law
* Where law comes from: legislation
* Limits on legislative power
* Courts and the interpretation of legislation
* Lawyers
* Courts of law
* Due process of law
* Legal aid and access to justice
* Individual liberty and public power
* Law and morality

About the Author

Richard Chisholm BA, LLB (Syd), BCL (Oxon) Richard graduated in Arts/Law at the University of Sydney, qualified as a solicitor, and then completed a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree at Oxford University. On his return, he accepted an academic position at the UNSW Law School, where he remained for 23 years. In 1993 he was appointed a judge of the Family Court of Australia.

Garth Nettheim AM (Tufts USA), LLB (Syd) Emeritus Professor of Law, University of New South Wales.Garth graduated in Law at the University of Sydney, and later completed a Master of Arts at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, USA. He began teaching law at the University of Sydney in 1963 and moved to the new Law School at the University of New South Wales in 1971. His major areas of interest are constitutional law, administrative law, human rights and Indigenous legal issues.

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