Understanding Law: An Introduction to Australia's Legal System

Fourth edition of an introduction to the law for general readership first published in 1974. Covers the law's sources and main branches, case law versus legislation, limits of legal powers, the courts, lawyers, due process, legal aid, individual liberty versus public power, and morality and the law. New foci in this edition include Aboriginal rights and international obligations. Contains an index and a list of further reading. The authors are professors of law at the University of New South Wales.