Justice according to law : a festschrift for the Honourable Mr Justice BH McPherson CBE / Edited by Aladin Rahemtula.

Brisbane : Supreme Court Library Queensland 2006.

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McPherson, B. H. -- (Bruce Harvey) -- Judge, -- appointed 1982-2006.

Law -- Australia.

Festschriften -- Australia.

1. BH McPherson: personal recollections / IDF Callinan

2. A judicial hero / Stanley Jones

3. Some professional reminiscences / David Robin

4. Reflections on a Caledonian judge / Mark W Sayers

5. Justice McPherson and civil procedure / Glen Williams

6. Receivers - squeezing the lemon dry / Ray Lindwall

7. Deakin, Isaacs and the supremacy of the Commonwealth / Walter Sofronoff

8. The termination of contracts for the sale of land upon the failure of a condition subsequent / Patrick Keane

9. Complicity and differential verdicts for unlawful homicide / Rob O'Regan

10. The Trusts Act 1973 - reforms accomplished and problems remaining to be resolved / WA Lee

11. Remedies in estoppel / John McKenna

12. Misdirected monies and changes of position on the faith of their receipt / Philip McMurdo

13. Similar fact evidence: the provenance of and justification for modern admissibility tests / Dyson Heydon

14. Agony and ecstasy: the progress of bankruptcy reform in 1860s England and its reception in Queensland / Paul Sayer

15. Render therefore unto Caesar things which are Caesar's: the ownership of copyright in judgments published in writing or ex tempore / Justice Andrew Greenwood

16. The Kilmuir Rules: a parliamentary perspective / George Brandis

17. The Kilmuir Rules: a judicial perspective / Paul de Jersey

18. Judicial qualities and corruptive good customs / John Dowsett

19. The judiciary and change: 1982-2006 / Susan Kiefel

20. Deconstructing McPherson JA / Alan Wilson

21. Mr Justice BH McPherson - his contribution to law reform in Queensland / Peter M McDermott

22. The Hemmant Petition / Denver Beanland

23. Reservations and exceptions in Crown Land Grants in colonial New South Wales / Enid Campbell

24. No mere mechanics: the historian / JRS Forbes

25. McPherson on property / David Robin

26. The fringes of the law: public or private functions / Paul Finn

27. The origins of Section 57 of the criminal code of Queensland / Conrad Lohe

28. Some intersections of law and religion / DJ McGill

29. McPherson JA in the Solomon Islands / Glen Williams

30. The tax-gatherer as the evidence-gatherer: may statutory investigative powers be used for pending state tax appeals? / Robert Gotterson.

Justice According to Law is a Festschrift for the Honourable Mr Justice BH McPherson CBE, published in September 2006 by Supreme Court Library. Edited by Aladin Rahemtula. It is an impressive collection of essays, from such eminent judges and lawyers, is a reflection of the esteem in which Justice Bruce McPherson is held. The content reflects the wide range of areas in which he has made such original and challenging contributions. This book is a very fine tribute to this outstanding scholar judge.

Foreword by the Honourable AM Gleeson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supreme Court Library Queensland. Publications.

097512305X

xiv, 792 p. : ill.