Lawyers in conflict: Australian lawyers and legal aid.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2006.

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Legal aid -- Australia.

Lawyers -- Australia.

1. Legal needs and the origins of contemporary legal aid

2. The Whitlam years: public aid and social democratic vision

3. Professional reactions, mobilisation and division

4. Fraserism, conflict and State commissions

5. Growth, consolidation and crisis

6. From providers to purchasers and suppliers

7. Community legal centres: autonomous and alternative.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the modern Australian legal aid system. It charts the twists and turns of policy and practice over the past 30 years with a particular focus on the reaction of the legal profession to conflicts and debates about legal aid policy and services.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862876163

x, 246 p.