Product Description
This book is a collection of scholarly papers and commentaries which range over Justice Murphy’s forays into the Constitution, his approach to the common law, and his concept of and attitude to judicial method. In dealing with their chosen topics the authors and commentators present some fascinating perspectives on Lionel Murphy’s degree of influence in the decade after his death.
Lionel Murphy and the Concept of the Australian Nation
Leslie Zines
Commentary David Bennett
Lionel Murphy and Section 90 of the Australian Economic Constitution
Deborah Z Cass
Commentary Chris Caleo
Lionel Murphy and Democracy and Rights
George Williams
Commentary Michael Coper
Lionel Murphy and the Criminal Law
David Brown
Commentary Simon Bronitt; Terry Buddin
Lionel Murphy and Indigenous Australians
Jennifer Clarke
Lionel Murphy and Gender Issues
Jocelynne A Scutt
Commentary Rosemary Owens
Lionel Murphy and Judicial Method
Tony Blackshield
Commentary Jeffrey Goldsworthy
Lionel Murphy’s Legacy
Michael Kirby
Table of Cases/ Table of Statutes/ Index