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• Title:Law & justice in Australia : foundations of the legal system / Prue Vines.
  
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• Variant Title:Law and justice in Australia
  
• Author/Creator:Vines, Prue, 1956-
  
• Published/Created:Melbourne, Vic. ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2005.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KU120 .V56 2005 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Australia--History.
  Justice, Administration of--Australia--History.
  
• Description:xxiii, 374 pages ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:"Law and Justice in Australia: Foundations of the Legal System is an introductory law book with a difference. It takes a historical, critical, and contextual approach to law and justice and offers an engaging mix of stories, cases, article extracts, and explanatory commentary. This encourages students to develop an in-depth understanding of the legal system and the human impact of the law, and creates a sound basis for further law study."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0195516400
  
• Contents:1. distinctiveness of Australian law
  2. royal courts and the development of the common law
  3. lawyers and the early development of the doctrine of precedent
  4. idea of law in the civil war and the glorious revolution
  5. impact on the indigenous inhabitants
  6. Britain and the colonists - using the heritage
  7. nature and scope of parliamentary democracy in the states
  8. Federation as the will of the people
  9. Independent attitudes, race and justice
  10. Classifying Australian law
  11. courts in action
  12. doctrine of precedent
  13. doctrine of precedent in action
  14. Interpreting statutes
  15. Conclusion - the importance of law.