Calabresi complains that we are "choking on statutes" and proposes a restoration of the courts to their common law function. From a series of lectures given by

Inspired by and honouring the contribution to Australian public law of Dennis Pearce, this collection of essays by some of Australia's most influential legal th

This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, m