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Canberra, Wednesday 13 February 2002
EMBARGO: 5.00pm TODAY
Chief Justice launches new book on High Court
A ground-breaking new book about the High Court was launched today by
The Chief Justice of Australia, The Hon. Murray Gleeson AC.
The book, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, is the
first ever to look at the Court as an institution of government.
It ranges over the whole record of the Court since Federation — the
cases, the personalities, the law and the Court’s role. It features
225 of Australia’s leading experts on all aspects of the Court’s
work and is a “Who’s Who” of the Australian legal profession,
as well as having notable authors outside the law.
The Companion has 435 entries on everything from the background of the
Justices to how they are appointed, from the Court’s strike in 1905
to the Murphy affair of the 1980s, from politics and the Court, to the
Court and politics, and from humour to sex.
The editors of the Companion, Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George
Williams, said today that the book would fascinate lawyers but would also
be a resource for journalists, historians, political scientists and others.
The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia is supported by the
Australian Research Council, the National Council for the Centenary of
Federation, and the Faculty of Law at The Australian National University
and is published by Oxford University Press. [ISBN0-19-554022-0, RRP ,
]
For more information contact:
Professor Michael Coper, Faculty of Law, ANU
Ph (02) 6125 4124, 0419 609 449
Fax: (02) 6125 0097
Email: michael.coper@anu.edu.au
Professor George Williams, Faculty of Law, UNSW
Ph: (02) 9385 2259
Fax: (02) 9385 1175
E-mail: george.williams@unsw.edu.au
Georgie Wilkinson, Trade Marketing Manager, OUP
Ph: (03) 9934 9177
Fax: (03) 9934 9100
Email: wilkinsg@oup.com.au
James Mahoney, Director Public Affairs, ANU
Ph: 6125 2252
Fax: 6125 8255
Email: james.mahoney@anu.edu.au
14/2002
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The Australian National University.
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