Old law, new law : a second Australian legal miscellany / Keith Mason.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2014.

1st edition

86615

Law -- Anecdotes -- History -- Australia.

Lawyers -- History -- Australia.

Lawyers -- Anecdotes -- Australia.

Judges -- Anecdotes. -- Australia.

Attorney and client -- Anecdotes -- Australia.

Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Men and women

Essentials of life

Law's ways and means

Guarding patches

Public and private wrongs.

This book is a selection of humorous and controversial extracts and anecdotes from the law in Australia. It gives a particularly Australian rendering of legal oddities and plainly draws some guidance from Robert Megarry's Miscellany at Law. There is an array of topics covered in an easy to read style. There is mention of the case of Quick v Quick [1953] VLR 224, which concerned a couple that decided to marry on the spur of the moment. Also Windeyer J was confronted with the odd situation of having to construe legislation he had assisted in drafting saying "parents do not always well understand their children. Draftsman are no different." There is a very good selection of "judicial insults" such as where counsel stated that he had concluded the "first branch" of his argument and the judge responded "twig would be more appropriate would it not?" This book has something for everyone and it is a good source of light relief.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Table of contents is taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

9781862879751

ix, 197 p. ; 25 cm