An Australian legal history / Alex C. Castles.

Sydney : Law Book, 1982.

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Law -- Australia -- History.

1 The laws of empire

2 The Australian settlements

3 the convict colony of New South Wales

4 The court of criminal jurisdiction, 1788-1823

5 The Magistracy of New South Wales, 1788-1823

6 The civil courts and vice-admiralty, 1788-1823

7 The reforms of 1823

8 The end of the beginning in New South Wales, 1824-1850

9 The courts in New South Wales, 1824-1850

10 Moreton Bay and Port Philip

11 Van Diemen's land 1824-1850

12 The legal beginnings of the western colonies

13 Australia's colonial courts after 1850

14 The laws of New South Wales and Van Diemen's land, 1788-1828

15 British statutes in Australia after 1828

16 Australian statute law-making

17 Unenacted English law in Australian courts

18 The aborigines and European law.

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xx, 553 p. ; 23 cm