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What Price Security?by Andrew Lynch; George Williams
University of NSW Press 2006; US$ 13.95In this timely and important book, Andrew Lynch and George Williams provide a clear and accessible guide to the major components of Australia?s anti-terrorism laws and their effects. They show readers: ? what constitutes a crime of terrorism in Australia ? what powers our main intelligence agency has to question and detain members of the community ? what happens when the authorities seek a control order or an order of preventative detention over an individual? what speech risks making a person liable for the crime of sedition? how judicial processes have been modified for the trial of people charged with terrorism offences Lynch and Williams have contributed vigorously to the public debate since September 11. In What Price Security? they argue... more...
Fictions of Justiceby Kamari Maxine Clarke
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 30.00This book explores how notions of justice are negotiated through everyday micropractices and grassroots contestations of those practices. more...
Red Silkby Penelope Debelle
Wakefield Press 2011; US$ 16.95Elliott Johnston and his wife became Communists in 1941 and he resigned only to join the South Australian Supreme Court Bench. His appointment as Queen's Counsel was the highest public office attained by a Communist in Australia. In 1991 he made his national mark as head of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. more...
An Unruly Childby Bruce Kercher
Allen & Unwin 1995; US$ 40.90Provocative history of Australian law since white settlement. more...
Religion and Personal Law in Secular Indiaby Gerald James Larson
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 18.35Though a directive principle of the constitution, a uniform civil code of law has never been written or instituted in India. As a result, in matters of personal law -- the segment of law concerning marriage, dowry, divorce, parentage, legitimacy, wills, and inheritance -- individuals of different backgrounds must appeal to their respective religious laws for guidance or rulings. But balancing the claims of religious communities with those of a modern secular state has caused some intractable problems for India as a nation. Religion and Personal Law in Secular India provides a comprehensive look into the issues and challenges that... more...
Passage Of Changeby Anita Jowitt; Tess Newton-cain
Pandanus Books 2003; US$ 50.00A collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific. more...
A Kind Of Mendingby Sinclair Dinnen; Anita Jowitt; Tess Newton-cain
Pandanus Books 2003; US$ 28.00A collection of essays which examine the issues surrounding restorative justice and the tensions created as traditional societies face formal judicial systems. more...
Law, Capitalism and Power in Asiaby Kanishka Jayasuriya
Routledge 1998; US$ 68.95A challenging and provocative book that contests the liberal assumption that the rule of law will go hand in hand with a transition to market-based economies and even democracy in East Asia. more...
Medical Lawby John Devereux
Routledge Cavendish Australia 2002; US$ 62.95Examines some of the patterns in medical law. After a brief introduction to leading bio-ethical principles, the book explores the interplay of different areas of law as they impact on medical practice. Particular emphasis is given to the issue of consent to treatment. more...
A New Constitution For Australiaby Bede Harris
Routledge Cavendish Australia 2002; US$ 70.00This work examines the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 and suggests how it may be reformed, drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions, and in particular South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. more...









