Public sentinels : a comparative study of Australian solicitors-general / edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Patrick Keyzer, John M. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appleby, Gabrielle.

Keyzer, Patrick, 1966-

Williams, John (John Matthew), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attorneys general--Australia.

Attorneys general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, controversy has surrounded the role of top government lawyers in the United States and the United Kingdom this group have been thrust into the public debate because of ethical issues surrounding the 'torture memos' in the United States and the British Attorney-General's response to the political pressure to approve the legality of the Iraq war. By contrast Australia's chief legal adviser, the Solicitor-General, has remained largely out of the public eye. This collection provides an historical, theoretical, practical and comparative perspective and a rare insight into a fundame

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Public Sentinels; Part I: The Australian Solicitor-General; 1 Aspects of the History of the Solicitor-General in Australia; 2 The Parliament, the Executive and the Solicitor-General; 3 The Courts, the Executive and the Solicitor-General; 4 The Role of Solicitors-General in Advising the Holders of Vice Regal Offices; 5 Attorneys-General, Solicitors-General and 'the Public Interest' in Australian Constitutional Cases; Part II: The Solicitor-General in Context; 6 The Modern First Law Officer in Australia

7 The Challenges of Providing Legal Services to GovernmentPart III: Comparative Perspectives; 8 The Role of Solicitor-General in Contemporary New Zealand; 9 The Law Officers of the Crown and the Rule of Law in the United Kingdom; 10 The Advisory Function of the Attorney General in the United States; 11 Solicitors General in the United States; 12 Government Lawyers and the Elusive Concept of Public Interest: A Canadian Perspective; Index

Notes:

"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-0703-2

1-317-07333-9

1-315-60300-4

1-317-07332-0

1-4094-5426-6

9781315603001

OCLC:

950471977