Unruly Child - A History of Law in Australia

List of contents

Abbreviations viii

Preface ix

Introduction: English flotsam xi

PART I FRONTIER LAW 1

1 Aboriginal subjects of the Crown - 3

2 The contradictions of convict law - 22

3 Amateur law at the frontier - 43

PART II IMPERIAL ORTHODOXY, 1820-1900 65

4 Innovation smothered? Formal changes from the 1820s to the 1850s - 67

5 The power of the judges: judicial review and the attachment to England - 82

6 Repugnant legislation: law making from 1824 to responsible government - 103

7 Colonial freedom: law making between responsible government and 1900 - 124

PART III FEDERATION: DEFERENCE AND INDEPENDENCE 155

8 Creeping towards legal independence, 1901-1960 - 157

9 The rebirth of Australian legal doctrine, 1960-1995 - 177

Notes and sources 206

Index 243

Summary

Provocative history of Australian law since white settlement.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Kercher, Kercher Bruce
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367717407
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71740-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Australia, LAW / General, Social & cultural history, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Child Advocacy, Social and cultural history, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law