Why the history of Australian law is not English: second Alex Castles Lecture in Legal History, October 2000

Bruce Kercher

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-204
Number of pages28
JournalFlinders journal of law reform
Volume7
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Why the history of Australian law is not English: second Alex Castles Lecture in Legal History, October 2000'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this