Law Week: Learn about the law in your life!

Learn about the law in your life from this great range of books.

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Updated April 10, 2025
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The Rooster bar
Grisham, John
Paper Book
Murder at Myall Creek : the trial that defined a nation
Tedeschi, Mark
Paper Book
One of the most shocking murder trials in Australia's legal history, and the tribulations of the man who conducted it 'A deeply moving account of a massacre that is a stain on our nation's soul - and the prosecutor who brought the perpetrators to justice'. Peter FitzSimons...
Reasonable doubt : lost lives, justice delayed, criminals walking free: exposing Australia's worst wrongful convictions
Mallett, Xanthé
Paper Book
'The good, bad and downright rotten parts of Australia's criminal justice system are put on trial by Dr Xanthé Mallett. With her clear-eyed logic and objectivity, this compelling book identifies reasonable doubts which must keep prosecutors and defence lawyers awake at night.' Hedley Thomas, host of...
The court reporter
Wells, Jamelle
Paper Book
From true crime to petty crime - this is the memoir of one of Australia's most experienced court reporters. Longlisted in the True Crime category for the 2019 Davitt and Ned Kelly Awards. As a seasoned court reporter, the ABC's Jamelle Wells has filed thousands of...
Death on the Derwent : Sue Neill-Fraser's story
Bowles, Robin
Paper Book
When Bob Chappell disappeared from his yacht, moored in the Derwent Estuary near the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's marina, on the night of 26 January 2009, he left behind his pipe and tobacco - something that his partner of 18 years, Sue Neill-Fraser, knew he would never willingly do. What she didn...
Southern justice : a chilling cold case examination that uncovers how an innocent Australian woman was found guilty of murder, and why she must be freed... now!
McLaren, Colin
Paper Book
Who really murdered Bob Chappell? Veteran ex-detective and author of JFK: The Smoking Gun, Colin McLaren, uncovers disturbing new evidence that an innocent woman is in jail. Daybreak, Sandy Bay, Hobart, 27 January 2009. A yacht, the Four Winds, is seen...
Split second : the dark secrets of a cop turned criminal defence lawyer
Kuzilny, Michael
Paper Book
Michael Kuzilny is a successful Australian based lawyer who has been working in the criminal justice system since 1986. He is a published author of ten books, a legal commentator on National television and current affairs, and has hosted several TV programs over the years. Michael thrives on...
The pursuit of justice : the judge who presided over some of Australia's most controversial cases and his career as a lawyer, barrister and social justice advocate
Finnane, Michael
Paper Book
The judge who presided over some of Australia's most controversial cases and his career as a lawyer, barrister and social justice advocate From a very young age Michael Finnane had a righteous sense of injustice and, despite growing up in a family with no legal background, he set his sights on...

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