Great Australian dissents / edited by Andrew Lynch. [electronic resource]
Great Australian dissents / edited by Andrew Lynch. [electronic resource]
Great Australian dissents / edited by Andrew Lynch. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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English
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1 online resource (xxvi, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
1. Introduction: What makes a dissent 'Great'? / Andrew Lynch -- 2. Justice Barton and the demise of the Inter-State Commission in the Wheat Case (1915) / Oscar Roos -- 3. Unrequited but still great: the dissent of Justices Dixon and Evatt in R v Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Ex parte Lowenstein (193...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
When judges disagree, those in the minority write a dissenting opinion. This book considers the great dissents in Australian law. Their worth may derive from numerous factors, including their rhetorical force as a piece of legal reasoning or emotive power as a judicial lament for the 'error' into which the majority has fallen; the general importanc...
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Great Australian dissents / edited by Andrew Lynch. [electronic resource]
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKaz0VjLwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0VjLwy
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ISBN
9781316665824
1-108-13208-1
1-108-13352-5
1-108-13376-2
1-316-66582-8
1-108-13400-9
1-108-13425-4
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347.94/014
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991024402506902626
