Common law, equity and statute : a complex entangled system / Mark Leeming

"This strikingly original book explains how the Australian legal system is structured, and how that structure informs the way novel questions of law are argued and decided. The book analyses what is meant by the "common law of Australia", what is the relationship between judge-made law and statutes, and how courts resolve novel questions of law. It explains why some questions are best regarded as aspects of the common law, why others are best regarded as questions of statutory construction, why some are difficult to characterise, and why this matters. It also explains why equity continues to be a distinct component of judge-made law, with a different relationship with statute." -- Publisher's summary.