An unruly child : a history of law in Australia / Bruce Kercher.
'This is a provocative re-examination of our legal history appearing at a time when Australians are reconsidering both their past and their future.' - The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, President of the New South Wales Court of AppealThe imperial view of Australian law was that it was...
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Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations viiiPreface ixIntroduction: English flotsam xiPART I FRONTIER LAW 11 Aboriginal subjects of the Crown - 32 The contradictions of convict law - 223 Amateur law at the frontier - 43PART II IMPERIAL ORTHODOXY, 1820-1900 654 Innovation smothered? Formal changes from the 1820s to the 1850s - 675 The power of the judges: judicial review and the attachment to England - 826 Repugnant legislation: law making from 1824 to responsible government - 1037 Colonial freedom: law making between responsible government and 1900 - 124PART III FEDERATION: DEFERENCE AND INDEPENDENCE 1558 Creeping towards legal independence, 1901-1960 - 1579 The rebirth of Australian legal doctrine, 1960-1995 - 177Notes and sources 206Index 243.