Tradition and change in Australian law
By: [by] Patrick Parkinson
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lawbook Co.; Thomson Reuters Lawbook Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Pyrmont, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780455230795
Subjects: Law; History
Notes: Previous ed.: Thomson Reuters/Lawbook Co., 2009.

Table of contents is taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I.; title: Australia and the western legal tradition -- 1.; title: The tradition of law in Australia -- -- 2.; title: The western idea of law -- -- Part II.; title: The legacy of English history -- -- 3.; title: The development of common law, equity and statute -- -- 4.; title: Constitutional law and the Westminister system of government -- -- Part III.; title: Colonisation, federation and independence -- -- 5.; title: Government and law in colonial Australia -- -- 6.; title: Australian federation and the path to a republic -- -- 7.; title: The court system in the Australian Federation -- -- Part IV.; title: Legal reasoning -- -- 8.; title: Tradition and change in legal reasoning -- -- 9.; title: Interpreting statutes -- -- Part V.; title: The future of Australian law -- -- 10.; title: The challenge of inclusion.