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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Legal Cultures: Combining Diversity and Structure
1 The Aim of This Book
2 The Legal Cultural Model as the Analytical Framework of This Book
3 The Legal Cultural Model in Action
4 An Expanding Legal Cultural Universe
References
Legal Culture: Ideas of and Expectations to Law Made Operational by Institutional(-Like) Practices
1 Legal Culture: An Outline
2 Legal Culture from a Legal Appliance and a Legal Analysis Perspective
3 Defining Legal Culture
4 Legal Culture and Legal Change
5 Legal Culture and Communication
6 The Legal Cultural Model
7 Applying the Legal Cultural Model
References
An Introduction to Australian Legal Culture
1 Introduction
2 Historical Background and Overview of the Australian Legal Culture
2.1 Legal System and Culture During the Colonial Period
2.2 Federation
2.3 Australian Territories
2.3.1 Internal Territories
2.3.2 Australian External Territories
3 Dispute Resolution
3.1 The Courts
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 State and Territory Court Systems
3.1.3 The Commonwealth Judicial System
3.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
3.2.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Courts
3.2.2 ADR in Statute
4 Norm Production
4.1 The Constitution
4.2 Judicial Decisions and Precedent
4.3 Statutes
4.4 Codes
4.5 Legal Writing and Other Minor Forms of Norm Production
4.6 Indigenous Law Norms
5 Ideal of Justice and Legal Method
5.1 Rule of Law and Separation of Powers
5.2 Equity
5.3 Good Faith
5.4 Rights
5.5 Judicial Interpretivism and Judicial Activism
6 Professionalisation
6.1 Barrister and Solicitor
6.2 Requirement for Admission as a Legal Practitioner
6.3 Study of Law
7 Nationalisation and Internationalisation
7.1 Nationalisation and Legal Harmonisation
7.2 Internationalisation
References
An Introduction to Austrian Legal Culture
1 Introduction
2 Conflict Resolution
2.1 Historical Background
2.2 Basic Structure of the Austrian Court System
2.2.1 Ordinary Court System
2.2.2 Administrative Adjudication
2.2.3 Constitutional Review
2.2.4 Interrelations of the Highest Courts
3 Norm Production
3.1 General Characteristics
3.2 Legislative Process and Democracy
3.3 Other Sources of Law
4 The Prevailing Ideal of Justice
4.1 General Remarks
4.2 The Role of the Courts
4.3 Balancing Legal Predictability and Individual Justice
5 Legal Method
5.1 Legal Interpretation
5.2 Legal Sources
5.3 Legal Principles and Further Elements of Legal Reasoning by the Courts
6 Professionalisation
6.1 The Academic System of Legal Education
6.2 Legal Professions and Professional Training
7 Internationalisation
7.1 General Remarks
7.2 The Implementation of International Law
7.3 The Role of the European Convention on Human Rights
7.4 The Overwhelming Importance of EU Law
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Legal Cultures: Combining Diversity and Structure
1 The Aim of This Book
2 The Legal Cultural Model as the Analytical Framework of This Book
3 The Legal Cultural Model in Action
4 An Expanding Legal Cultural Universe
References
Legal Culture: Ideas of and Expectations to Law Made Operational by Institutional(-Like) Practices
1 Legal Culture: An Outline
2 Legal Culture from a Legal Appliance and a Legal Analysis Perspective
3 Defining Legal Culture
4 Legal Culture and Legal Change
5 Legal Culture and Communication
6 The Legal Cultural Model
7 Applying the Legal Cultural Model
References
An Introduction to Australian Legal Culture
1 Introduction
2 Historical Background and Overview of the Australian Legal Culture
2.1 Legal System and Culture During the Colonial Period
2.2 Federation
2.3 Australian Territories
2.3.1 Internal Territories
2.3.2 Australian External Territories
3 Dispute Resolution
3.1 The Courts
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 State and Territory Court Systems
3.1.3 The Commonwealth Judicial System
3.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
3.2.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Courts
3.2.2 ADR in Statute
4 Norm Production
4.1 The Constitution
4.2 Judicial Decisions and Precedent
4.3 Statutes
4.4 Codes
4.5 Legal Writing and Other Minor Forms of Norm Production
4.6 Indigenous Law Norms
5 Ideal of Justice and Legal Method
5.1 Rule of Law and Separation of Powers
5.2 Equity
5.3 Good Faith
5.4 Rights
5.5 Judicial Interpretivism and Judicial Activism
6 Professionalisation
6.1 Barrister and Solicitor
6.2 Requirement for Admission as a Legal Practitioner
6.3 Study of Law
7 Nationalisation and Internationalisation
7.1 Nationalisation and Legal Harmonisation
7.2 Internationalisation
References
An Introduction to Austrian Legal Culture
1 Introduction
2 Conflict Resolution
2.1 Historical Background
2.2 Basic Structure of the Austrian Court System
2.2.1 Ordinary Court System
2.2.2 Administrative Adjudication
2.2.3 Constitutional Review
2.2.4 Interrelations of the Highest Courts
3 Norm Production
3.1 General Characteristics
3.2 Legislative Process and Democracy
3.3 Other Sources of Law
4 The Prevailing Ideal of Justice
4.1 General Remarks
4.2 The Role of the Courts
4.3 Balancing Legal Predictability and Individual Justice
5 Legal Method
5.1 Legal Interpretation
5.2 Legal Sources
5.3 Legal Principles and Further Elements of Legal Reasoning by the Courts
6 Professionalisation
6.1 The Academic System of Legal Education
6.2 Legal Professions and Professional Training
7 Internationalisation
7.1 General Remarks
7.2 The Implementation of International Law
7.3 The Role of the European Convention on Human Rights
7.4 The Overwhelming Importance of EU Law