Australian legal system

This text delivers a thorough and balanced introduction to the Australian Legal System. It provides a clear grounding in the western and indigenous legal traditions , as well as the history of Australian law and legal institutions. There is a special emphasis on the legal method which forms the basis of legal understanding. In particular, the text analyses and explains the legal method - the following and distinguishing of precedent, statutory interpretation, and the identification of ratio, which prepares students for their legal study. Numerous quality exercises prepare the way for legal thinking in students, for example, "Part 3: Legal Method" contains many examples and exercises to encourage understanding.