Understanding law : an introduction to Australia's legal system / Richard Chisholm, Garth Nettheim
- Bib ID:
- 4602
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Chisholm, Richard (Richard Colin), 1944-
- Edition:
- 6th ed.
- Description:
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- Sydney : Butterworths, 2002
- xii, 170 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0409318779 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This popular book, now in its sixth edition, is both an easy read and an invaluable introduction to Australia's legal system. Although the authors are highly qualified - one is a judge and the other a professor - they avoid legal jargon and write with clarity, humour and simplicity. In this as in earlier editions, Understanding Law de-mystifies the law. It includes chapters on the origins of the Australian legal system; how laws are made by parliaments and the courts; the main areas of law; what the various courts are for and how they decide disputes; the legal profession; and other related issues. Understanding Law is the ideal starting point for students and other Australians who want to know more about the legal system that governs them.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Indigenous law, English law, Australian law
- 3. Main branches of law
- 4. Where law comes from: case law
- 5. Where law comes from: legislation
- 6. Limits on legislative power
- 7. Courts and the interpretation of legislation
- 8. Lawyers
- 9. Courts of law
- 10. Due process of law
- 11. Legal aid and access to justice
- 12. Individual liberty and public power
- 13. Law and morality.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Previous ed.: Sydney : Butterworths, 1997.
- For tertiary students.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Nettheim, Garth
- Copyright:
-
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2002
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