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OverviewOld Law, New Law follows the author's in offering a miscellany of genuine legal stories drawn from Australian legal history as well as its modern law. If there is any change of focus, this work looks at the people of the law through the prism of established or changing legal doctrines and processes.\n\nThe chapter headings will show that quirky humanity intrudes into the most doctrinaire of fields (such as statutory interpretation and tort law) and that law intrudes into every facet of human life (including food, drink and sex). As in the former work, there is much comparing of attitudes past and present, while observing the underlying constancy of human values and biases within every corner of the law.\n\nReaders will discover:\n \n the constitutional distinction between financial and moral bankruptcy \n the New South Wales judge who responded to a submission on behalf of the Queensland Commissioner for Railways by stating You don't think we are going to let you banana-benders get away with that, do you? \n Chief Justices who entered dodgy marriages, committed contempts of court or were described as sexy by litigants they encountered \n judges who upheld appeals from their own judgments \n strange aspects of matrimonial law and lore, including wife sales and forced outcomes of the biblical one flesh concept \n some (rare) sightings of appellate judges abusing each other \n several instances of cannibalism and the law. \n \n\n\n\nFrom the Launch...\n\n A glance at the index of names shows that many of these anecdotes relate to judges and lawyers who are still in the world and many still engaged in their careers. ... Those who know Keith well do not need my persuasion, and I suggest that every lawyer in mid-career or seriously preparing for a career should read, needs to read Keith Mason's books, both of them, and keep them on a shelf somewhere handy next to Owen Dixon's Jesting Pilate. They are full of lessons gentle and sharp about how to behave, the wisdom of not giving in during moments of rage or disdain, and the perils of dropping one's guard. Weaknesses and eccentricities and lapses of courtesy may be talked about for the rest of one's life, and for long afterwards, in some cases for centuries. Keith teaches many lessons in what to do, and what to avoid doing, showing why.\nWith more than pleasure, with great enthusiasm I commend Keith Mason's book to its first readership of lawyers, and to a further and wider readership of people who would like to understand what lawyers are, what they do and how human their institutions are. \nFrom the Launch Speech by The Hon John P. Bryson QC Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Mason (University of New South Wales, Australia)Publisher: Federation Press Imprint: Federation Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.448kg ISBN: 9781862879751ISBN 10: 1862879753 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 12 November 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education 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 ContentsReviewsThe Federation Press continues to maintain its position as the pre-eminent Australian Legal Publisher by producing extremely high quality works across a broad range of areas. This is another triumph by Mr Mason who has again produced an excellent work which belongs on every legal practitioners' shelves. It is as timeless as are the corresponding works of Sir Robert Megarry. A person would do themselves a disservice if they did not acquire a copy and, as it is close to Christmas, a copy for any of their Lawyer friends. Read full review... - Roger Derrington QC, Queensland Law Reporter, Nov [2014] 46 QLR Justinian, On the Couch interviews Keith Mason Read full interview... This is again, like the First Australian Legal Miscellany, an interesting and entertaining book. Detail of footnoting and reference is combined in this work with light-hearted matters of great interest. The book is divided into five Parts: Men and Women, Essentials of Life, Law's Ways and Means, Guarding Patches, Public and Private Wrongs. There is no hesitation in dealing with matters that may be considered controversial, but referencing is relied upon, throughout. The table of names ... is itself an interesting read: Barwick, Boothby, Dixon, Gleeson, Griffith, Heydon, Isaac, Kirby and Meagher 'dominate' the book in terms of the number of references for each. Read full review... - Dominic Katter, Hearsay, March 2015, 72 The Federation Press continues to maintain its position as the pre-eminent Australian Legal Publisher by producing extremely high quality works across a broad range of areas. This is another triumph by Mr Mason who has again produced an excellent work which belongs on every legal practitioners' shelves. It is as timeless as are the corresponding works of Sir Robert Megarry. A person would do themselves a disservice if they did not acquire a copy and, as it is close to Christmas, a copy for any of their Lawyer friends. Read full review... - Roger Derrington QC, Queensland Law Reporter, Nov [2014] 46 QLR Justinian, On the Couch interviews Keith Mason Read full interview... 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, along with 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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