Dowling's Select Cases
1828 to 1844
$152.41
- Hardcover
1120 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2005
Summary
James Dowling (1787-1844) was the third judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1828, and became its second Chief Justice in 1837, following the retirement of Sir Francis Forbes. Dowling was knighted in 1838 and died in office at the age of 56.
\nDowling was a barrister and law reporter in London, prior to assuming judicial office. From the many thousands of cases heard by him during his sixteen years on the New South Wales Court, Dowling had planned to publi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780975110331 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0975110330 |
| Author: | Tim D. Castle, Bruce Kercher |
| Publisher: | The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History |
| Imprint: | The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1120 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 1.66kg |
| Dimensions: | 64mm x 251mm x 171mm |
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About The Author
Tim D. Castle
Tim Castle is a practising Barrister in Sydney, New South Wales and a Senior Research Fellow in the Division of Law at Macquarie University. Bruce Kercher is Emeritus Professor of Law at Macquarie University. He has published a number of legal history books, including the companion to this volume (Castle and Kercher (eds), Dowlinga ™s Select Cases, 1828 to 1844: Decisions of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2005)). He is particularly interested in the ways in which English law was adapted to the conditions of British colonies during the nineteenth century. He is President of the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History.
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