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The impact of law's history : what's past is prologue
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- Creator
- edited by Sarah McKibbin, Jeremy Patrick, and Marcus K. Harmes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9783030900700, 9783030900670, 9783030900687, 3030900681, 9783030900694
- OCLC
- on1310344313
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Politics and Profession: Sir Dudley Ryder and the Office of Attorney General in England, 1689-1760 -- Introduction -- Attorneys General in General, 1689-1759 -- Dudley Ryder as Attorney General -- Ryder's Work as Attorney General -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Articles, Books and Reports -- Chapter 3: Lord Atkin's Dissent in Liversidge v Anderson: Indecorously Orthodox? -- Prologue -- Staging -- Players -- Act I: Substance and Orthodoxy -- Act II: Form and Decorum -- Act III: Decorum and Impact -- Epilogue -- References -- Cases -- Chapter 4: The Challenges to the UK Constitution Since 1979 and Brexit -- Introduction -- The British Constitution and the Sovereignty of Parliament -- The Thatcher Government -- The Blair Government -- The European Convention on Human Rights -- Immigration -- Brexit and the 2019 Election -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Age of Rumpole Is Past? Legal History on British Television -- Introduction -- The History of Law on British Television -- The First Defender: Garrow's Law -- The Great Defender: Marshall Hall -- The Other Great Defender: Rumpole -- Barristers to the Rescue? Or Barristers Needing Rescue? -- An Australian Coda -- Chapter 6: The History of Legal Marketing in Australia and New Zealand -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Legal Profession and the Marketing of its Services -- Legal Dress as a Marketing Tool -- The Inns of Court as Legal Guilds -- Touting, Maintenance and Champerty -- Legal Advertising -- The Evolution of Marketing as an Academic Discipline -- Historical Approaches to the Marketing of Legal Services -- Soft Legal Skills -- Legal Doctrines -- Precedent -- Statutory Interpretation -- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: The Historical Development of the Fault Basis of Liability in the Law of Torts -- Introduction -- Ancient History: Strict Liability -- Middle Ages: Strict Liability -- Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Strict Liability -- Development of Fault as the Basis of Liability -- Other Influences Favouring Fault-Based Liability over Strict Liability -- The Forms of Action, Including Development of the Action on the Case -- Developments in Criminal Law -- Statutory Reform -- Back to the Future: Rylands v Fletcher Strict Liability -- Philosophical Debate: Strict Liability Versus Fault Liability -- Unfinished Business -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: What Albert Did and What Albert Did Next: Albert Bathurst Piddington-The High Court Judge Who Never Sat -- Introduction -- Early Life and University Days -- Law and Politics at the Turn of the Century: Federation and Arbitration -- The High Court: Appointment and Resignation -- What Albert Did Next -- Chapter 9: Path Dependency, the High Court, and the Constitution -- Introduction -- Path Dependency -- Examples -- Grants -- Interstate Trade and Commerce -- Analysis -- Opportunity and Exit -- Lock-in and Reliance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: The Use and Misuse of Legal History in the High Court of Australia -- Introduction -- The English Literary Tradition in Australia -- A Case Study -- The Importance of History -- Appendix -- Chapter 11: Did the Early British Colonists Regard the Indigenous Peoples of New South Wales as Subjects of the Crown Entitled to the Protection of English Law? -- Introduction -- The State of the Understanding of the Law in 1788 -- Three Legal Questions for the Colonists -- Governor Phillip's "Policy" -- After Phillip, up to Macquarie -- The Permanent Supreme Court of NSW and After -- Conclusion
- Appendix: Transcription of Depositions Taken on or About 1 June 1788 at Sydney Cove Before the Magistrates -- Chapter 12: Land, the Social Imaginary, and the Constitution Act 1867 (Qld) -- Introduction -- Colonial Queensland and Property as Wealth -- A New Venture in Imperialism -- Constitutional Provision -- Answering Contemporary Property Questions -- Chapter 13: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Short History of Biosecurity Regulation in Australia -- Introduction -- The Historical Legislation -- The Good -- The Bad and the Good: The Prickly Pear Cactus -- The Bad-and the Ugly: The Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) -- "Bad" with Some Good News: Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Legal Pluralism Past and Present: Magna Carta and a First Nations' Voice in the Australian Constitution -- Introduction -- What Is Legal Pluralism? -- Magna Carta and Legal Pluralism -- Magna Carta -- Applying Tamanaha's Pluralism to Magna Carta -- Limitations of Tamanaha's Approach -- A First Nations Voice in the Constitution and Legal Pluralism -- Uluru Statement and a First Nations Voice in the Constitution -- A First Nations Voice in the Constitution: An Application of Legal Pluralism -- Conclusion -- Index