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OverviewThis book, loosely modelled on Robert Megarry's Miscellany at Law, presents thematically true stories drawn from the spread of Australian legal history and case law. Discover:\n \n who was Australia's youngest judge \n instances of extreme rudeness in court and between judges \n which judges served the longest and shortest terms in office \n the barriers facing women who wanted to practise law and when they were scaled \n which judge was tried and acquitted of murder and which law officer was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang \n and, learn about humor of all sorts in the profession as well as amusing aspects of Australian law's interface with religion, art, sport, gambling and literature. \n \nLawyers Then and Now focuses on the quirkiness of the law and the humanity of the people of the law. Highlighted are the recurring constancies and changes in our legal culture with concentration on aspects of legal culture that are accepted in one generation and condemned in another.\n\nThe book's final chapter Fallible All recapitulates the theme that lawyers are far from perfect even as (most of them) struggle to perform at their best.\n\n Old Law, New Law: A Second Australian Legal Miscellany follows this volume. Please click to view details. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Mason (University of New South Wales, Australia)Publisher: Federation Press Imprint: Federation Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.548kg ISBN: 9781862878907ISBN 10: 1862878900 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 22 November 2012 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPart One: Beginnings Beginnings Part Two: People of the Law Just Folks Squabbling Jurists Judicial Appointments and Disappointments Judicial Shenanigans Judges: The Good, the Bad and the Sacked Lawyers with Attitude Layfolk in the Law Legal and Judicial Academics Part Three: Law and the Wider World Literature and the Law Law and the Artist Law and Religion Law and Sports Part Four: EpilogueReviewsMason carries the book well, with charming wit and erudition. ... This book exceeds expectations in almost every respect and will delight most lawyers who love the endearing absurdities of the profession. Read full review... - Joseph Sampson, Law Society Journal, May 2013 Author InformationKeith Mason has been a solicitor, barrister, law reformer, solicitor-general, president of a court of appeal, law teacher and mediator. He has published on topics including judicial method, legal taxonomy, the law of restitution, and the interface of law, morality and religion. Currently he is a visiting professorial fellow at the University of New South Wales and the chancellor of the Anglican diocese of Armidale. This work, Lawyers Then and Now, combines the interests of an amateur legal historian with insights drawn from a fortunate life in the law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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