Judging for the people : a social history of the Supreme Court in Victoria 1841-2016 / edited by Simon Smith.

Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2016.

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Victoria. -- Supreme Court.

Courts -- Victoria -- History.

Courthouses -- Victoria -- History.

Judges -- Victoria -- Biography.

Capital punishment -- Victoria -- History.

Medical jurisprudence -- Victoria -- History.

Newspaper court reporting -- Victoria -- History.

Part 1: Establishment of the court

1. The coming of the resident judges / Janine Rizzetti

2. "A pile of buildings" built to last / Susan Reynolds

Part 2: People of the court

3. A glimpse at the frontline and the unsung heroes of the court / Jane Mayo Carolan

4. The shaping of the legal profession / Simon Smith

5.The judges and their court 1852-1900 / John Waugh

6. A bridging era 1900-1949 / Susan Priestly

7. The making of the modern Supreme Court 1974-2015 / Charles Parkinson

Part 3: The court at work

8. All very civil / Mark Finnane

9. The court on the move / Don Garden

10. Capital crimes and the Supreme Court / Kathy Laster

11. Forensic medicine and the Supreme Court / Stephen Cordner and Fiona Leahy

12. Journalism and the Supreme Court / Peter Gregory

Conclusion / Andrew Lemon. Part 1 Establishment of the court

1. The coming of the resident judges

2. 'A pile of buildings' built to last

Part 2

3. A glimpse at the frontline and the unsung heroes of the court

4. The shaping of the legal profession

5. The judges and their court 1852-1900

6. A bridging era 1900-1949

7. The making of the modern Supreme Court 1974-2015

Part 3

8. All very civil

9. The court on the move

10. Capital crimes and the Supreme Court

11. Forensic medicine and the Supreme Court

12. Journalism and the Supreme Court

Conclusion.

9781760292270

xxvii, 308 p. : ill., ports.