A sense of common purpose : a history of the Australian academy of law / David Barker.

Alexandria, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2022.

1st edition

199994

Australian Academy of Law.

Lawyers -- Australia.

Legal institutions -- History.

1. Seeds of an idea: the concept of an Australian Academy of Law

2. An uneven trajectory: hopes and preparations

3. Launching the new endeavour: foundations and proceedings

4. Innovating and expanding

5. Consolidation and innovation: sustaining the momentum, 2014-16

6. Milestones of 2017: the end of the first decade

7. Issues and initiatives, 2018-19

8. Coping with corona: disruption and the 2020 pandemic

9. In retrospect: a sense of common purpose.

This book recounts the history and development of the Australian Academy of Law from its early beginnings in 1996, through its official launch in July 2007 at Government House in Brisbane to the end of 2020. It traces the influence on its development exercised by the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission in 2000 in its Report Managing Justice – A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System (ALRC Report 89). Sponsored by the Academy, the book has the advantage that its author, David Barker, has been involved with the organisation from the beginning, then later as a Foundation Fellow and as its Secretary to the present time. His early involvement has meant that he has been able to observe the influence on its development exercised by both its Foundation and current Fellows, its three Presidents, all of whom have been Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, and its three Patrons, all of whom have been Chief Justices of the High Court of Australia. The book will be of great interest to those concerned with the Academy’s role within modern Australian legal history and its future influence on the legal community. - Publisher's website.

At head of title on cover: AAL Australian Academy of Law.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

9781760023638

xxii, 230 pages ; 21 cm