So You Want to Be a Lawyer? is the first comprehensive Australian guide written for people who are contemplating enrolling in a law degree, whether as an undergraduate or as a postgraduate - as well as for those who are already enrolled but wondering where their law degree may lead them. This essential guide provides: The basic structures of the Australian legal professions, and the best reasons for studying, or not studying, Law at university. The history and development of legal education in Australia, including the modern trend towards clinical education and professional skills development. A description of each of the 36 Australian university law schools, highlighting what each institution offers and what it believes makes it unique. A checklist of the features, factors and costs to be considered in making an informed decision about which law school to choose - including information addressed to Indigenous students; women; LGBTI students; students with a disability; and those from rural, remote and regional Australia. Insights into the life of a law student, including survival strategies, study tips and getting the most out of student life. An original analysis of the highly dynamic Australian legal professions, which are rapidly adapting to a new environment prompted by competition, information and communications technology and globalisation. So You Want to Be a Lawyer? provides all of the information any prospective law student will need to make an informed and intelligent decision about the best place for them to study, what to study and where it all might lead.
The Promise of Law Reform is the most comprehensive examination of the institutions and processes of law reform published in the common law world and provides a rich source of information, inspiration, and ideas. It is an edited collection of 30 essays published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Australian Law Reform Commission. The authors--law reform commissioners, judges, academics, politicians, government officials, and journalists--reflect the plurality of law reform styles and structures, within Australia and overseas. They cover the broad themes of the history, purpose, and function of law reform; institutional design of law reform agencies; methodology and operations; how successful law reform should be assessed and judged; cooperation and mutual assistance; other law reform initiatives; and law reform in action.
In the waning days of colonialism in Papua New Guinea, much of the rhetoric from local leaders pushing for self-determination focused on replacing the imposed colonial legal system with one that reflected local customs, understandings, relationships, and dispute settlement techniques-in other words, a "uniquely Melanesian jurisprudence." After independence in 1975, however, that aim faded or began to be seen as an impossible objective, and PNG is left with a largely Western legal system. In this book, the authors-who were all directly involved in law teaching, law reform, and judging during that period-explore the potent and enduring grip of colonialism on law and politics long after the colonial regime has been formally disbanded. Combining original historical and legal research, engagement with the scholarly literature of dependency theory and postcolonial studies, and personal observation, interviews, and experience, Making Law in Papua New Guinea offers compelling insights into the many reasons why postcolonial nations remain imprisoned in colonial laws, institutions, and attitudes"--
Was ist Realität, was ist Wirklichkeit, was ist «echt» und «authentisch», in welchen Formen stellen wir unser Leben in der Kunst dar? Horaz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Pynchon, Nicholson Baker, Jean-Luc Godard, Lars von Trier und viele andere bekannte Namen der Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte treffen auf die Google- und Facebook-Generation; sie bilden den aktuellen Hintergrund für eine grundlegend neue Kultur des Sampelns, der kreativen Montage von Bildern und der freien Benutzung aller Texte. Urheberrechte sind genauso wie die Forderung nach einer naturalistischen Erzählung und nach einer linearen Handlung Relikte aus der alten Welt. Shields plädiert in seinem Manifest für die Freiheit von Grenzen, seien es die zwischen Fakt und Fiktion bzw. zwischen Reportage und Erfindung oder die zwischen Erzählung und Essay. Mit seinem ebenso provozierenden wie höchst informativen Werk, das selbst zu einem großen Teil aus Zitaten, Aphorismen und Anekdoten anderer Autoren besteht, regt Shields dazu an, traditionelle Ansichten über Originalität, Authentizität und Kreativität zu überdenken. Man wird sein Buch lieben oder hassen. Ohne Zweifel gelingt es ihm jedoch spielend, allen Seiten in der kontroversen Debatte auf höchst unterhaltsame Art und Weise Argumente für ihre Diskussion zu liefern. «Höchst spannend zu lesen, auch wenn man mit vielem nicht einverstanden ist.» Zadie Smith, The Guardian «Ultrahip» The Observer
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