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Title American/Australian/New Zealand law : parallels and contrasts : papers presented in Sydney, Australia, from 11-16 August 1980 at a meeting between the American Bar Association, Law Council of Australia, New Zealand Law Society, to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of William Blackstone (1723-1780)
Published [Chicago] : ABA, 1980

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Description ix, 498 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Foreign investment in the United States / Kenneth J. Bialkin and Charles M. Walker -- Foreign investment in Australia and New Zealand / Kevin W. Ryan QC -- Foreign investment in New Zealand / John C. King and Barry J. McWilliams -- Our crowded courts: the paradox of too many cases and too little access / Earl Johnson, Jr. -- Our crowded courts: causes, consequences, and cures / The Hon Mr Justice Beattie -- Defects of form in the execution of wills: Australian and other experience with the substantial compliance doctrine / John H. Langbein -- Formalities and wills; a plea for caution / William F. Ormiston QC -- A short review of the United States Freedom of Information Act / Fredericka Paff -- Freedom of information: the Australian approach / Lindsay J. Curtis -- Why no first amendment? The role of the press in relation to justice / William Van Alstyne -- Why no first amendment? The role of the press in relationship to justice / The Hon Mr Justice Hunt -- Why no first amendment? The role of the press in relationship to justice / Rt Hon Sir Theodore McCarthy -- Title security: from Australia through the English-speaking world and back again / Frederick S. Lane -- Title security: from Australia through the English-speakjing world and back again: Torrens in New Zealand / Colin Nicholson QC -- The exclusionary rule and other controls over abuses of police power / B. James George Jr -- The exclusionary rule and other controls over the abuse of police power / Elliot Johnston QC -- Legal education in the United States: the clinical experience / Robert B. McKay -- Skills course or clinic? / Gerard Nash -- The tort system and liability of manufacturers for product-related injuries and death / Donald M. Haskell -- The tort system and liability of manufacturers for product-related injuries and death: the Australian viewpoint / R. Gaire Blunt -- Proposed revision of the rules of legal ethics in the United States / Geoffrey C. Haxard Jr -- The attorney's role in the custody of the child / Stanford E. Lerch -- Custody of children in divorce, separation, and similar family disputes: the Australian experiment / The Hon Mr Justice Barblett -- Fiscal relationship between the states and the central government in a federation /. Malcolm S. Mason -- The Australian federal grants system and its impact on fiscal relations of the federal government with the state and local governments / The Hon Mr Justice Else-Mitchell -- Civil legal services in the United States: some recent history and future prospects / E. Clinton Bamberger Jr -- A new era in the organisation and delivery of legal aid in Australia / David A. T. Jones -- Specialization, certification, and continuing legal education: a consideration of the public need / Michael E. Kris and John Hardin Young -- Specialisation, certification, and continuing legal education / W. R. Davison -- Environmental considerations in energey production / A. Joseph Dowd -- Environmental considerations in energy production / Michael Crommelin -- Contingency fees: the individual's key to the courthouse door / Philip H. Corboy -- Who should bear the costs of litigation? / Weyman I. Lundquist -- Who should bear the costs of litigation? An Australian viewpoint / Ian D. Temby -- A comparative analysis of class action analogues in selected nations / David N. Goldsweig -- Some observations on class action practice in the United States / Thomas B. Leary -- Class actions from a plaintiff's perspective / Daniel H. Margolis -- Class actions for Australia? Do they already exist? / Bruce M. Debelle -- Sentencing / Norval Morris -- Judicial competency: how can it be maintained? / George H. Williams -- Judicial competency: how can it be maintained? / The Hon Mr Justice Samuels
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
Law -- Australia -- Congresses.
Law -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
Law -- United States -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Festschriften.
Author American Bar Association.
Law Council of Australia.
New Zealand Law Society.
LC no. 80066490
ISBN 0897070224 (paperback)
Other Titles Blackstone Bicentennial