Description |
xxii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits ; 25 cm |
Contents |
1. South Australia's Northern Territory -- 2. The judges of the Northern Territory -- 3. The establishment of the Supreme Court -- 4. The Gilruth years -- 5. The Court and the Royal Commission -- 6. Judge Roberts -- 7. The two territories and Justice Mallam -- 8. The Court in 1933-1934 -- 9. The years before the War 1935-1939 -- 10. The War years -- 11. Post-War reconstruction and the return of the Court to Darwin -- 12. Justice Kriewaldt -- 13. The Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961 -- 14. The growth of the Court before self-government -- 15. Changes after self-government -- 16. The trial of the century -- 17. The O'Leary Court -- 18. The Asche Court -- 19. The first Martin Court -- 20. The second Martin Court -- 21. Future directions |
Summary |
A history of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory commencing from 1873 when it was first envisaged, through to its creation in 1911, and until modern times, seen in the light of the Territory's economic, social, religious, anthropological, political and constitutional development |
Analysis |
Cases (Law) |
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History |
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History of criminal justice |
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Judiciary |
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Northern Territory |
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State supreme courts |
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Supreme Courts |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and index |
Subject |
Northern Territory. Supreme Court -- History.
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Courts -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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Judicial power -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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Judges -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History.
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Justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Author |
French, Robert.
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LC no. |
2010681661 |
ISBN |
9781862878242 |
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