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LEARNED IN THE LAW
THE AUCKLAND LAW SCHOOL 1883-2008 |
| By: |
Brian Coote, B. J. (Bernard Jermyn) Brown, Peter Watts |
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Paperback |
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£37.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1869404319 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781869404314 |
| Publisher: |
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Drawing on University, Faculty and Departmental records, personal interviews and other sources, this book, most of which has been written by Emeritus Professor Brian Coote, chronicles much of the turmoil encountered along the way, as well as numerous anecdotes and incidents calculated to engage the reader. |
| Synopsis: |
From modest beginnings in 1883 when Judge Seth Smith was appointed part-time Lecturer in Law (the start of the course being delayed when he fell off his horse), the Auckland Law School has developed into one of the leading law schools in the Southern Hemisphere, the largest in New Zealand, and has acquired an international reputation. Drawing on University, Faculty and Departmental records, personal interviews and other sources, this book, most of which has been written by Emeritus Professor Brian Coote, chronicles much of the turmoil encountered along the way, as well as numerous anecdotes and incidents calculated to engage the reader. Topics include controversies over the introduction of full-time study, Law School governance and the Deanship, and whether the Law School should have to take over the teaching of law to non-lawyers. Accommodation had to be made for the feminist revolution and the Maori renaissance.There are lively accounts of such things as claims for defamation, student pranks, a brush with the Ministry of Women's Affairs, public protests at selection criteria and at the non-appointment of a professor, the 'kill-a-white' incident, and the claim by a judge (who had previously proposed that the Law Society start its own Law School) that legal executives were of more use than Law School graduates. These and a host of other matters are recounted with clarity and dry humour. Alumni of the Law School and others in the legal profession will enjoy this engaging account of a Faculty that has held an important place in the training of New Zealand's legal minds for over a hundred years. |
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illustrations |
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New Zealand |
| Imprint: |
Auckland University Press |
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Returnable |
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