Australian Law Books

New and Published Books

1. No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames

   Monologues for Drama Students

   By Donna Abela, Vanessa Bates, Hilary Bell, Noelle Janaczewska, Verity Laughton, Ned Manning, Catherine Zimdahl

   Every HSC drama student who undertakes ‘Performance’ must do an IP (Individual Performance) as part of their final exam. Playwrights’ company 7-On has created a collection of self-contained performance texts conceived with Higher School Certificate students in mind. The 21 monologues are...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge
2. Community Futures, Legal Architecture: Foundations for Indigenous Peoples in the Global Mining Boom

   Edited by Marcia Langton, Judy Longbottom

   How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered in the book is the social and economic disadvantage experienced by indigenous peoples and local...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Police Integrity Management in Australia

   Global Lessons for Combating Police Misconduct

   By Louise Porter, Tim Prenzler

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   In the past two decades, Australia has been the site of major police misconduct scandals and inquiries, leading to reform initiatives at the cutting edge of police integrity management practices. Presenting interviews with key informants and an analysis of key documents, Police Integrity Management...

   Published April 5th 2012 by CRC Press
4. The Land is the Source of the Law

   A Dialogic Encounter with Indigenous Jurisprudence

   By C.F. Black

   Series: Discourses of Law

   The Land is the Source of Law brings an inter-jurisdictional dimension to the field of indigenous jurisprudence: comparing Indigenous legal regimes in New Zealand, the USA and Australia, it offers a ‘dialogical encounter with an Indigenous jurisprudence’ in which individuals are ...

   Published September 29th 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish
5. Indigenous Australians and the Law

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Martin Hinton, Daryle Rigney, Elliott Johnston

   Bringing together a well-respected team of commentators, many of them indigenous Australians themselves, this revised and updated edition examines the legal, social and political developments that have taken place in Australia since the publication of the last edition. Providing students with a...

   Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
6. Essential Professional Conduct: Legal Accounting

   Second Edition

   By Bronwyn Olliffe

   Series: Australian Essential Series

   A newly admitted lawyer needs sufficient knowledge and skill to maintain trust and office accounts in accordance with the law and good practice. With much space dedicated to practice transactions and specimen accounts, there is plenty of opportunity for readers to become familiar with the major...

   Published January 24th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Essential Professional Conduct: Legal Ethics

   Second Edition

   By Geoff Monahan, David Hipsley

   Series: Australian Essential Series

   Accessible and student-friendly this new edition has been fully updated and revised and includes substantial new material and a comprehensive table of cases. Opening each chapter with a checklist highlighting key areas of the topic, followed by an expanded treatment of the subject, this text...

   Published January 24th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
8. Essential Equity and Trusts

   second edition, 2nd Edition

   By Kirsten Edwards

   Series: Australian Essential Series

   Fully updated including new chapters and substantial new material, Essential Equity and Trusts now in its second edition, treats the key issues of equity and trusts lucidly and comprehensively. This restructured edition is an ideal guide to the subject for undergraduate law students. The text...

   Published January 24th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
9. Essential Jurisprudence

   By Denise Meyerson

   Series: Australian Essential Series

   Jurisprudence considers general philosophical and theoretical questions about the nature, purpose and operation of law as a whole. This book introduces students to contemporary debates in jurisprudence and encourages them to think in a theoretical and critical way about the nature of law, legal...

   Published February 20th 2006 by Routledge-Cavendish
10. Australian Principles of Equity & Trusts

    Third Edition

    By Samantha Hepburn

    Series: Australian Principles

    Retaining its succinct, easy to read style, Australian Principles of Equity and Trusts, has been fully revised and updated to include developments in areas, such as the relationship between common law and equity, undue influence, tracing, interim injunctions and resulting trusts. Covering all of...

    Published January 31st 2006 by Routledge-Cavendish