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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817078503321

Autore

Easteal Patricia Weiser

Titolo

Justice connections / / edited by Patricia Easteal AM

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

2013

ISBN

1-4438-6940-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

347.9401

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PART I - JUSTICE BEHIND THE SCENES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II - DISCRIMINATION,WORKPLACES AND JUSTICE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III - JUDICIAL PRINCIPLES, PRAGMATISM AND PROPORTIONALITY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV - JUSTICE IN A COMPARATIVE CONTEXT; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONCLUSION

Sommario/riassunto

Former High Court judge of Australia, the Hon Michael Kirby, AC, CMG, in addressing the symposium that has evolved into this book, stressed the need for vigilance in the pursuit and protection of justice. Justice Connections is evidence of such vigilance. The book is a veritable smorgasbord of subjects - violence against women, Indigenous people, sentencing, genetic profiling, cultural exceptionalism, arbitral proceedings and environmental law. However, certain themes are constant. The not...