Excursions in the Law

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-876861-13-1
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

In 40 years as a barrister and judge Peter Heerey AM QC has observed and sometimes taken part in memorable legal events.
This work is partly a collection of recollections; a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers’ negligence and the cause célèbre of Professor Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania.
There are also studies of notable historical and legal figures: Andrew Inglis Clark, Sir Owen Dixon, Abraham Lincoln, Justice Antonin Scalia and others as well as some of his professional colleagues.
From time to time Peter’s work has included periods in other lands: the American South, Quebec, Vanuatu and Ireland. Vivid impressions of their historical backgrounds and some current personalities are recorded.
Law is looked at from a literary perspective. There are discussions of the commercial and litigious issues in The Merchant of Venice, post modernist analysis of legal issues and storytelling in the law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heerey, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TASMANIAN STORIES Andrew Inglis Clark: The Man and his Legacy Andrew Inglis Clark and Cricket The Supreme Court of Tasmania: Its First Century 1824-1924 The Orr Case Revisited Hobart – A Guide for Innocent Mainlanders
THE JUSTICE BUSINESS The Victorian Bar: Some History and a Little Lore Memories of the Battle of Hastings The Judicial Herd: Seduced by Suave Glittering Phrases? A Question of Judgment Judges at Work A Towering Figure of the Law Counsel’s Baggage Judgment Writing The Ballad of Briginshaw Chettyar’s Case Down with Defamation! Jeff Sher’s Farewell Ode to His Honour Judge Ross Ode to His Honour Judge Gebhardt
IN OTHER LANDS A Last Hurrah – Privy Council Days Law in Vanuatu Canada and Quebec The Traveller’s Return Away Down South in Dixie The Years of Lyndon Johnson Justice Antonin Scalia Abraham Lincoln – Patent Lawyer How Judges Think A Night at the King’s Inns An Officer and a Spy
LAW AND LITERATURE The Merchant of Venice and the Trade Practices Act Truth, Lies and Stereotype: Stories of Mary and Louis Storytelling, Postmodernism and the Law Aesthetics, Culture, and the Whole Damn Thing Rediscovering Rhetoric
PUBLIUS Bracket (“Bracketâ€) Creep Colonising Language Historical Dating Latinophobia

Über Autor(innen)

The Honourable Peter Heerey AM QC was born in Hobart, Tasmania. After graduating from the University of Tasmania and working as a solicitor he practised for 23 years at the Victorian Bar, being appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1985. He sat for 19 years as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, including duty as President of the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal and a Deputy President of the Australian Competition Tribunal. His work on the Federal Court mainly involved intellectual property, competition law, administrative law and tax.
Since retiring in 2009 he has served as Chair of the Australian Electoral Commission and returned to the Bar specialising in advice, arbitration and mediation.