Research Catalog

Title

Law in context / Stephen Bottomley, Neil Gunningham, Stephen Parker ; with revisions to chapter 11 by Jennifer Clarke.

Author

Bottomley, Stephen.

Publication

Leichhardt, NSW : Federation Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Gunningham, Neil.
• Parker, Stephen, LL.B.
• Parker, Stephen (Law teacher)
• Parker, Stephen (Stephen John)

Description

x, 361 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

A central theme in this book is that law cannot be treated as a discrete set of principles without a context. This text seeks to examine and evaluate the context of Australian law.

Subject

• Law > Australia
• Sociological jurisprudence
• Law > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part A: Law in a Liberal Context. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Liberalism, formalism, and the rule of law. Part B: Law and Society. Ch. 3. Access to justice -- Ch. 4. Litigation -- Ch. 5. Lawyers. Part C: Law and Economics. Ch. 6. Foundations of economic analysis -- Ch. 7. Applications to contracts and torts -- Ch. 8. Public choice theory -- Ch. 9. The efficiency of the common law? Part D: Law and Power. Ch. 10. Gender -- Ch. 11. Race: indigenous people -- Ch. 12. Class and legislation -- Ch. 13. Conclusion.

ISBN

1862871329

LCCN

^^^94169101^

OCLC

• 32470150
• SCSB-10217357

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library