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Title Encounters with constitutional interpretation and legal education : essays in honour of Michael Coper / editor James Stellios
Published Annandale, NSW : The Federation Press, 2018

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Description xxiii, 213 pages : 1 portrait ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction / The Hon Sir Anthony Mason -- Prologue : encounters with Michael Coper's career and the search for new ways forward / John Williams -- 1. The section 92 revolution / The Hon Stephen Gageler -- 2. The elusive promise of the inter-state commission / Andrew Bell -- 3. Power & propriety : Coper's encounter with the dismissal / Ryan Goss -- 4. New ways forward / The Hon Michael Kirby -- 5. Between realism and legalism : Michael Coper and the enduring appeal of Cole v Whitfield / Adrienne Stone -- 6. Fidelity to external (re)sources / Tony Blackshield -- 7. Law 'through the lens of biography / Heather Roberts -- 8. Through the lens of oral history / Garry Sturgess -- 9. Through the lens of an encyclopedia / Helen Irving -- 10. Being a lawyer : professionalism, values and service / Kim Economides -- 11. Being a law dean : aspiration and reality / Stephen Bottomley -- 12. Being a global leader : challenges of internationalisation / Duncan Bentley -- Reflection / Michael Coper
Summary What do constitutional interpretation and legal education have in common? For one thing, they share the same tension between theory and practice, between form and substance, between process and outcomes, between constancy and change, and between local and comparative perspectives. Each also has a substratum of fundamental underlying values that demand, but do not always receive, clear articulation. For another thing, they have both been the subject of illuminating examination by Michael Coper over the course of a long and distinguished career. An extraordinary group of authors, including Justice Stephen Gageler, the Hon Michael Kirby and Sir Anthony Mason, come together in this book to celebrate Coper's achievement, and take his various contributions as a jumping off point for their own further scholarly insights. From the gripping story of the revolution that swept away the old law on section 92 of the Constitution, to the endemic conflict in the judicial process between legalism and realism, to the never-ending controversy about the Dismissal, to perceiving the world and organising legal knowledge in new ways through biography and oral history, to the role of educators in shaping the views and values of newcomers to this knowledge, this book contains over a dozen sparkling essays by some of Australia's most renowned and respected lawyers, as well as a substantial reflective commentary by Michael Coper himself
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 199-208) and index
Subject Coper, Michael.
Constitutional law -- Australia -- Congresses.
Deans (Education) -- Australia -- Congresses.
Law teachers -- Australia.
Constitutional law -- Australia.
Law -- Study and teaching -- Australia -- Congresses.
Law -- Study and teaching.
Genre/Form Festschriften.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Coper, Michael, honoree
Stellios, James Stephen, editor
ISBN 9781760021627 (hardback)