Download or read book A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales written by Gregory D. Woods and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New South Wales is that rare political creation, a state founded for and upon the criminal law. The history of its criminal law from settlement to Federation is uniquely fascinating. Drawing on his range of experience as a university scholar, a criminal law QC and a judge, the author explains how Britain's criminal laws were established and developed in its (arguably) most successful colony. There are three themes:the horror and savagery of the criminal law transported to Australia and imposed there;the constitutional importance of basic criminal law rules requiring certainty of proof;the corrupt but necessary role of mercy in the administration of the law.There are several genuinely remarkable features of this book. One is that the author draws upon a vast body of material recently brought to light by Bruce Kercher in his massive disinterment of early colonial case law, to explain in detail the actual working of the New South Wales criminal courts.Another is that the core of the book is an analysis of New South Wales parliamentary debates between 1871 and 1883 on criminal law, illuminating the history of the law (and its future). Yet the most remarkable thing of all about this book is its rarity. In the many places where the British Empire imposed its laws, there are hundreds of universities and centres of legal study.Histories of the criminal law, or studies which can be so described, are rare or invisible. This admirable study will become a classic in its field, required reading by legal scholars, historians of colony and empire, and by astute legal practitioners making arguments for contemporary submissions or judgments.The second volume (Woods, 2018) continues the still-fascinating story from 1901 (when the colony became a state) through until mid-20th century, when the death penalty was effectively abolished.
Download or read book A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales written by Gregory D. Woods and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New South Wales was from its origins uniquely connected with the criminal law. The second volume of A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales begins where the first volume left off in 1901 when the colony became a state.This is not simply a volume of technicalities and chronologies. Woods relates themes such as criminal punishment, the two World Wars, and the gradualism of change to the characters who inhabit the world of criminal practice, the courts and the gaols. John Norton and Paddy Crick are on the loose again for the first time since 1958, when Cyril Pearl immortalised them in Wild Men of Sydney. Riveting figures haunt these pages, such as Woolcott Forbes, the famous corporate fraudster of the 1930s and 1940s known in the press as "The Bullfighter"; a policeman with the improbable name of Mendelssohn Bartholdy Miller; and Major Charles Cousens, the plum-voiced prisoner-of-war and radio who faced charges of treason when he was returned to Australia at war's end.These and dozens of other characters (including notable judges, magistrates and practitioners) populate this continuation of the history of criminal law in New South Wales up to the mid-20th century when the death penalty was effectively abolished. Woods draws on his wide experience of the criminal law as an academic, law reformer, barrister and judge to describe the development of the law in its social, economic and political contexts. A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales is an essential and fascinating read for legal practitioners and historians.**Listen to interview: Greg Woods QC on ABC Radio National, A History of Criminal Law in NSW on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams_ 12th August 2019. Greg discusses fortune telling, sedition, homosexuality - they may not get a lot of prosecutions these days but historically they've been taken very seriously. Find out more about the history of criminal law. Click here
Download or read book Criminal Law and Colonial Subject written by Paula Jane Byrne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the way in which the practice of law developed among the ordinary population. Paula Jane Byrne traces the boundaries among property, sexuality and violence, drawing from court records, dispositions and proceedings. She asks: What did ordinary people understand by guilt, suspicion, evidence and the term "offense"? She illuminates the values and beliefs of the emerging colonial consciousness and the complexity of power relations in the colony. The book reconstructs the legal process with great tetail and richness and is able to evoke the everyday lives of people in the colonial NSW.
Download or read book Crime and Mental Health Law in New South Wales written by Dan Howard and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a practical guide to the law on mental health issues that arise within the criminal justice framework in New South Wales. It offers comprehensive coverage and clear explanations of all of the important topics in this field and is an ideal resource for lawyers, mental health professionals, correctional health personnel, and anyone else engaged in the fields of criminal law and forensic mental health, or students with an interest in pursuing studies or a career in these areas. All chapters have been fully revised, updated and, in many cases, significantly expanded. The operation of the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 is dealt with in detail. New to this edition are the chapters on the management of forensic and correctional patients, infanticide, and a comprehensive chapter on the assessment and management of risk, including a section on the Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006.
Download or read book Criminal Law and Colonial Subject written by Paula Jane Byrne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at how the practice of law developed in early New South Wales.
Download or read book The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony written by David Neal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a lawyer and unique for its perspective based in both legal and social history, illuminates the important role played by the concept of the rule of law in the transformation of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free society. The convicts had first-hand experience of criminal law, but all the settlers were part of a culture that emphasized the rule of law as the guarantee of its fundamental political value, British liberty. Dr. Neal outlines the interaction between law and politics in early New South Wales, where because there were no official political structures, the courts served as a de facto parliament and a means of political expression.
Download or read book A History of the Supreme Court of New South Wales written by John Michael Bennett and published by Law Book Company for New South Wales Bar Association. This book was released on 1974 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Legal history", wrote Sir William Holdsworth, "must always begin with the history of the courts". In other words, it is necessary, historically speaking, to understand the institution administering the law before one comes to understand the law so administered. That is an object of this book. It is intended to prepare the way for the writing, in due course, of a comprehensive legal history of New South Wales and, hopefully, of Australia. Doubtless the chief concern of such a history will be the growth and development of the substantive law and of legal procedure. The present study, on the other hand, is directed to the growth and development of the institution principally responsible for applying and interpreting that law and administering that procedure within Australia's foundation State. Another object of this book is a commemorative one. It is published during the celebration of the Supreme Court's sesquincentenary. That is a fitting occasion to take stock of the court and of its achievements since it was first constituted." -- from the Introduction p. xv.
Download or read book BY WHAT AUTHORITY written by EUGENE. SCHOFIELD-GEORGESON and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aspects of the History of Law in England and an Introduction to the Criminal Justice System in New South Wales written by Terry Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales written by Robert Alexander Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is specifically designed to meet the needs of students who will be studying criminal law over one semester. This work states the basic principles and provides the fundamental source material required for a study of New South Wales criminal law and procedure. It examines the substantive law in a procedural and evidentiary context. This text gives students the thorough grounding they need in the basic principles of the criminal justice system before moving to the detail of their application in an expanding range of discrete contexts. It also provides practitioners with an introduction to the principal authorities and statutory provisions governing the practice of criminal law in New South Wales. Important Features: Explanatory flowcharts introduce readers to the framework of general principles before proceeding to an examination of the principles in detail. The book provides a series of examples and problems suitable for discussion in lectures, tutorials and students' study groups.
Download or read book The New South Wales Law Reports 1880 1900 written by New South Wales. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Criminal Laws written by Stephen Gray and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades the Northern Territory's criminal law has stood at the jurisprudential frontier of Australia: grappling with a unique set of circumstances, almost entirely dominated by the situation of its Aboriginal people.This 2nd edition deals in detail with the sweeping changes introduced in 2005 by Part IIAA of the NT Criminal Code. These changes often mirror the Criminal Code (Cth), and have completely rewritten many of the NT Code's most significant provisions, including the law of murder, rape, and many serious offences against the person.The book covers procedure and all the major offences, together with public order offences and sentencing. It contains a separate chapter on Aboriginal people that deals with all the recent developments, including the Intervention, and a detailed chapter on the unique history of the Territory's criminal law.
Download or read book Criminal Law in New South Wales written by R. S. Watson and published by Lawbook Company. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Legal History of Australia written by Peter Cane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring contributions from leading lawyers, historians and social scientists, this path-breaking volume explores encounters of laws, people, and places in Australia since 1788. Its chapters address three major themes: the development of Australian settler law in the shadow of the British Empire; the interaction between settler law and First Nations people; and the possibility of meaningful encounter between First laws and settler legal regimes in Australia. Several chapters explore the limited space provided by Australian settler law for respectful encounters, particularly in light of the High Court's particular concerns about the fragility of Australian sovereignty. Tracing the development of a uniquely Australian law and the various contexts that shaped it, this volume is concerned with the complexity, plurality, and ambiguity of Australia's legal history.
Download or read book Criminal Law in New South Wales Indictable offences written by Ray S. Watson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Self Others and the State written by Arlie Loughnan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original analysis and in-depth historical examination of criminal responsibility in the context of Australian criminal law.
Download or read book Principles of Criminal Law in New South Wales written by John Oxland and published by MICHIE. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
