Resolving Conflict of Laws

This must surely be one of the most scholarly yet useful law books published in Australia this year. The book is not, although its title might suggest otherwise, a book on conflict of laws or private international law or choice of law. Rather it is an analysis of how courts and lawyers must approach problems that are created when two or more laws might each be construed as covering a situation yet their application will lead to different results. The basic approach is always to see if the various statutory provisions can be read together. However, that will not necessarily be the case, and if so, what then? … The work deals both with common problems and with problems that will rarely occur. … The work is very readable yet deals with the topic in a profound way. I have already cited it in a judgment as has one of my colleagues. - Mr Justice P W Young, Australian Law Journal, (2011) 85 ALJ, 455 Leeming brings his considerable expertise in the area to this book, delivering a depth of analysis that is thorough, with cross-references and comparisons which are broad. … The book is comprehensively footnoted. It is a highly recommended and scholarly work. Read full review… - Gregory Geason, Law Letter Tasmania, Summer 2011 It is a major contribution to Australian constitutional law. Importantly, it reflects the experiences of a working lawyer. The book is informed by wide learning in relation to such difficult but important and very practical topics of federal jurisdiction; federal constitutional law; and state constitutional law and deals lucidly with whether there is a single common law of Australia and with states’ extraterritorial legislative competence. The author has succeeded in his aims of making the book useful and also readable. This is an excellent book from The Federation Press. Read full review… - Hon Justice Alan Robertson, Bar News, Winter 2011