Historical foundations of Australian law / editors, Justin T. Gleeson ... [et al.].

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2013.

1st edition

83597

Law -- History -- Australia.

Vol. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Institutions, concepts and personalities

A sketch

The Common Law Courts : origins, writs and procedure

Reception of Roman Law in the Common Law

Glanvill to Bracton : the two great early legal treatises

Early statutes shaping the common law

The development of the conscience of equity

Five judicature fallacies

Invisible cargo : the introduction of English law into Australia

Australian land law

Colonies to dominion, dominion to nation

Building a nation : the doctrine of precedent in Australian legal history

The separation of powers and the unity of the Common Law

Justice Joseph story

Sir Owen Dixon

The jurisprudes. Vol. II. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Commercial common law

A sketch II : praecipe to negligence and contract

A note on the curious incidents of debt

Trespass, the action on the case and tort

Detinue, trover and conversion

The sources of defamation law

Legal professional privilege

Milestones in negligence in the 19th and early 20th century

Contract development through the looking-glass of implied terms

Why the history of restitution matters

Lord Mansfield

Money and bills of exchange

The history of cheques and banking

Assignment

Agency

Corporations

The history of bankruptcy and insolvency law in England and Australia.

This valuable new work has already been reviewed in the QLR. It contains a sweeping overview of the personalities, events and developments which have shaped Australian law.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862879379

2 v. (lxvii, 457; xlii, 466 p.) ; 24 cm