Recent Publications This new page has been added to the website to hold any reviews and/or details of publications related to Australian Legal History. Anyone with with material they would like to submit is invited to contact Tony Cunneen at acunneen@bigpond.net.au .
Reviews
David Ash (February 2019) G D Woods A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales vol 2
David Ash (February 2019) List of non-practice published works by members of the NSW bar
David Ash Murray Gleeson – The Smiler
David Ash Queensland Legal Yearbook 2012 Review
Books Noted:
A number of recent publications may be of interest to members or friends of the Society:
Biography of Marie Byles – pioneering woman solicitor The Summit of Her Ambition
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Marie Byles was a fascinating character who led a life that covered the law, travel conservation and the search for spiritual fulfilment.
Click on the Image above for more details.
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Mark Tedeschi QC, Previously the Senior Crown Prosecutor, has built on his previous success with the book Eugenia and continued writing about some significant trials in Australian Legal History with the publication of Kidnapped, the story of the Graeme Thorne kidnapping and death in July 1960. It’s a fascinating story and a landmark case. Further details are available at: ‘Kidnapped’ by Mark Tedeschi QC
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Society member, Michael Pelly, has released a book on the life of former Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson. Murray Gleeson – The Smiler, The book was launched in Sydney on 27 May 2014 and is available through Federation press. Further details on the book can be obtained by accessing the relevant section on the Federation Press Website. Go to
https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862879607
David Ash has written a Review of the book. Please click on the link to read what David has written: Murray Gleeson – The Smiler
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Bruce Oswald and Jim Waddell (Eds): Justice in Arms: Military Lawyers in the Australian Army’s First Hundred Years. Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd 2014, Commonwealth of Australia. This highly readable account of the development of the Australian Army Legal Corps covers the origins of the Corps from Federation, through both World Wars, into Vietnam and the modern era.
