Anthony Marinac is a Lecturer in the law school at James Cook University, and is a partner in a boutique law firm, Pacific Maritime Lawyers. He has previously been Counsel Assisting in Queensland's Office of the State Coroner, a legal officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, and was Director of Research in the Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra.
Part I. Law, Lawyers and Justice: 1. Welcome to the Law
2. History and justice
3. First Peoples and the Law
Part II. Legal Institutions: 4. Parliamentary Institutions
5. The Courts
Part III. Learning the Laws: 6. Categories of Law
7. Statute Law
8. The Common Law
9. Understanding Statutes
Part IV. Research and Persuasion: 10. Frameworks for Legal Thinking
11. Equality, Difference and Law 12. Analysing and Persuading
13. Finding the Law
14. Grappling with Facts
Part V. Profession and Community: 15. The Ethical Lawyer
16. Lawyers and Clients
17. Becoming a Lawyer.