{"product_id":"9781862878907","title":"Lawyers Then and Now: An Australian Legal Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, loosely modelled on Robert Megarry's \u003cb\u003eMiscellany at Law\u003c\/b\u003e, presents thematically true stories drawn from the spread of Australian legal history and case law. Discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho was Australia's youngest judge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstances of extreme rudeness in court and between judges \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich judges served the longest and shortest terms in office \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe barriers facing women who wanted to practise law and when they were scaled \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich judge was tried and acquitted of murder and which law officer was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand, learn about humor of all sorts in the profession as well as amusing aspects of Australian laws interface with religion, art, sport, gambling and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawyers Then and Now focuses on the quirkiness of the law and the humanity of the people of the law. Highlighted are the recurring constancies and changes in our legal culture with concentration on aspects of legal culture that are accepted in one generation and condemned in another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe books final chapter \u003cb\u003eFallible All\u003c\/b\u003e recapitulates the theme that lawyers are far from perfect even as (most of them) struggle to perform at their best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federation Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051356176624,"sku":"9781862878907","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781862878907_p0.jpg?v=1763601442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781862878907","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}