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Abstract

PeterBrett(1918–1975), Alice Erh-Soon Tay (1934–2004) and Geoffrey Sawer(1910–1996) are key, yet largely overlooked, members of Australia’s first community of legal scholars. This book is a critical study of how their ideas and endeavours contributed to Australia’s discipline of law and the first Australian legal theories. It examines how three marginal figures – a Jewish man (Brett), a Chinese woman (Tay), and a war orphan (Sawer) – rose to prominence during a transformative period for Australian legal educationand scholarship. Drawing on in-depth interviews with former colleagues and students, extensive archival research, and an appraisal of their contributionsto scholarship and teaching, this book explores the three professors’ international networks and broader social and historical milieux.Their pivotal leadership roles in law departments at the University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, and the Australian National University are also critically assessed. Ranging from local experiences and the concerns of a nascent Australian legal academy to the complex transnational phenomena of legal scholarship and theory, Free Hands and Minds makes a compelling case for contextualising law and legal culture within society.At a time of renewed crisis in legal education and research in the common law world, it also offers a vivid, nuanced and critical account of the enduring liberal foundations of Australia’s discipline of law.

Item Type:	Book
Authors/Creators:	Bartie, S
Keywords:	legal history, legal education, life history, legal theory
Publisher:	Hart Publishing
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2019 Susan Bartie
Related URLs:	UTAS Profile: Bartie, S
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