| Great Australian Dissents Contributor(s): Lynch, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107158532 ISBN-13: 9781107158535 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $110.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.53 lbs) 394 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 importance of the issue at stake; as a challenge to the orthodoxy; and, sometimes, the subsequent recognition of a dissenting opinion's correctness and its ultimate vindication. On some occasions, all these features may be strongly present, on others only some. Through a diverse selection of memorable dissenting opinions, this book illuminates the topic of judicial disagreement more generally - not only through examples of instances when minority opinions have been distinctly valuable, but by drawing out a richer understanding of the attributes and circumstances which lead some dissents to become iconic, while so many lie forgotten. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lynch, Andrew: - Andrew Lynch teaches and researches in the field of Australian constitutional law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. His co-authored and co-edited publications include Blackshield and Williams' Australian Constitutional Law and Theory (2014), Inside Australia's Terrorism Laws and Trials (2014), Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government (2012) and Counter-Terrorism and Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice after 9/11 (2010). |