Abstract
Second Alex Castles Lecture in Legal History, October 2000 - following on from Alex Castle's 1991 speech called 'The Vandemonian Spirit and the Law' in which he argued that Van Diemen's Land had a distinctive legal culture - looking for the ways in which local legal practices were elevated into the formal law of the colonies - what do official and unofficial sources tell us about the Englishness of Australian colonial law - the Privy Council - Crown mercy - advisory opinions - the Colonial Office - recognition of colonial legal practices - recognition of Aboriginal law.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 177-204 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Flinders journal of law reform |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |