Here comes the judge : the Queensland magistrate / by Gordon Dean.

Brisbane : Department of Justice and Attorney-General Queensland, 2008

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Judges -- History -- Queensland.

Law -- History -- Queensland.

In the year 1886

The ancient office of Justice of the Peace

They're bound for Botany Bay

The first courts

The Magistracy - the early days

New South Wales Act of 1823

Government functionaries

Police Magistrates

The Magistracy transplanted to Queensland

Separation

The demands of the bush

And they went bush

The transfer issue

The Justices Act of 1886

Justices and the Magistracy under the 1886 Act

The horseless carriage rears up

The 1909 amending Act - sole jurisdiction

What happened to the Justices of the Peace?

Name changes

Public servants indeed

Nevertheless, here comes the judge

Change in the air

Civil jurisdiction

Courts of Petty Sessions become Magistrates Courts

The pressure to perform

The Stipendiary Magistrates and Wardens Association, Queensland (The Association)

Developments in other jurisdictions

The Stipendiary Magistrates Act 1991

Appointment, tenure and salaries

The female factor

The transfer issue again

The Coroner

The magistracy today

At last, recognition

Postscript

The last word.

This book provides a history of the Queensland magistracy, supplemented by photographs and archival material.

Cover title.

Copy in Librarian's Office signed by the author.

Includes bibliographical references.

9780646497716

x, [74 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm