Culture and Law
In-groups/ Out-groups
Cultural Constitutions
Constitutions as cultural artefacts/ The Australian Constitution/ Constitutions for a living culture/ An Australian Republic: a case study
Law-makers: Judges
Common law judges/ Discovering case law/ Evaluating case law/ Judicial law-making: a case study of the Mabo decision
Law-makers: Parliament
The People as law-makers/ The law-making process/ Making prostitution laws: a case study/ Using legislation
Legal Reasoning
Thinking like a common lawyer/ Common law problem-solving/ Law as science?/ Law as discipline
Language and Law
Legal language/ Power, language and Law/ Language disadvantage in the legal system
Ritual and Law
Adversarial justice/ Court as symbol/ Court ceremonies/ Court as spectacle/ Beyond courts/ Decentering law
Appendices
Appendix 1: Prostitution CasesAppendix 2: Referencing
References/ Index