Contents:
Preface to the second edition v;
Preface to the First edition xii;
Acknowledgements xv;
Table of cases xviii;
Table of statutes xix;
Skills Inventory xx;
1. Culture and Law 1;
A. In-groups 2;
b. Out-groups 22;
2. Cultural Constitutions 49;
A. Constitutions as cultural artefacts 49;
B. The Australian Constitution 57;
C. Constitutions for a living culture 67;
D. An Australian Republic: a case study 77;
3. Law-makers: Judges 91;
A. Common law judges 91;
B. Discovering case law 106;
C. Evaluating case law 113;
D. Judicial law-making: a case study of the Mabo decision 126;
4. Law-makers: Parliament 137;
A. The People as law-makers 137;
B. The law-making process 144;
C. Making prostitution laws: a case study 148;
D. Using legislation 161;
5. Legal Reasoning 184;
A. Thinking like a common lawyer 184;
B. Common law problem-solving 194;
C. Law as science? 202;
D. Law as discipline 219;
6. Language and Law 243;
A. Legal language 244;
B. Power, language and Law 258;
C. Language disadvantage in the legal system 267;
7. Ritual and Law 287;
A. Adversarial justice 287;
B. Court as symbol 300;
C. Court ceremonies 312;
D. Court as spectacle 322;
E. Beyond courts 341;
F. Decentering law 349;
Appendix 1: Prostitution Cases 361;
Appendix 2: Referencing 397;
Index 404.