Contemporary issues in Law and Society Subject Guide

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try: 

• Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary 3rd Ed. - REF K  211 .K1 BUT 2004
• Credo Reference - Access to 100 reference books in a range of subjects including Law, Philosophy and Social Sciences
• Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary - Online version through LexisNexis AU
• Legal Terms - REF K 211 .K1 LEG 1998
• Halsbury's Laws of Australia - REF K 218 .K1 HAL 199; Online version through LexisNexis AU
• Oxford Reference Online - Oxford Reference Online Premium Premium contains over 120 language and subject reference works including key titles in the Oxford Companions series.

Books:

Use the Library catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

The State and the Individual

• States and citizens: history, theory, prospects edited by Quentin Skinner, Bo Stråth  - JC11 .S775 2003
• Is there a duty to obey the law? Christopher Heath Wellman, A. John Simmons - KL 82 WEL 2005

Law and Morality

• The enforcement of morals/Patrick Devlin - KA 38 DEV 1968
• An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation/Jeremy Bentham
• The morality of law/Lon L. Fuller - KA 38 FUL 1969
• Law and morality/edited by Kenneth Einar Himma, Brian Bix - KA 70 .E8 LAW 2005
• Law as a moral judgment/Deryck Beyleveld, Roger Brownsword - KA 10 BEY 1986
• Responsibility in law and morality/Peter Cane - KA 38 CAN 2003
• Morality and the law/edited by Robert M. Baird and Stuart Rosenbaum - BJ55 .M594 1988

Freedom of Expression - Pornography/Censorship

• Is there a right to freedom of expression?/Larry Alexander - JC599.U6 A49 2005
• Slouching towards Gomorrah: modern liberalism and American decline/Roberty H. Bork - HN59.2 .B68 1996
• On liberty and other essays/John Stuart Mill - JC585 .M74 1991
• Toleration: a critical introduction/Catriona McKinnon - HM1271 .M39 2006
• Dealing with pornography: the case against censorship/Paul Wilson - HQ471.W54 1995
• Free speech/Bruno Leone, editor - JC591.F73 1994

Religion and the Law

• Acting on conscience: how can we responsible mix law, religion and politics?/Frank Brennan- KM 58 .K1 BRE 2007
• God vs. the gavel: religion and the rule of law/Marci A. Hamilton - KM 85 .G1 HAM 2007
• Law and religion/editied Richard O'Dair and Andrew Lewis - KL 11.001 CUR
• Can God and Caesar coexist? [electronic resource]: balanding religious freedom and international law/Robert F. Drinan

Family Relationships

• Australian family law: the contemporary context/Belinda Fehlberg and Juliet Behrens, Rae Kaspiew - KN 170 .K1 FEH 2008
• The law and economics of marriage and divorce/edited by A. W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn - KN 170 .G1 LAW 2002
• To have but not to hold : a history of attitudes to marriage and divorce in Australia 1858-1975/Henry Finlay - KN 173.1 .K1 FIN 2005
• Marriage and divorce/editor: Justin Healey - HN850.Z4 I87

New Technology and Privacy

• Privacy, information, and technology Daniel J. Solove, Marc Rotenberg, Paul M. Schwartz - KM 209 .P7 .G1 SOL 2006
• The digital person : technology and privacy in the information age Daniel J. Solove - KN 347.9 .G1 SOL 2004
• Engaging privacy and information technology in a digital age [electronic resource] James Waldo, Herbert S. Lin, and Lynette I. Millett, editors

Genetics and the Law

• Genomics and society : legal, ethical and social dimensions edited by George Gaskell and Martin W. Bauer - KN 185.54 GEN 2006
• Genetics and DNA technology : legal aspects Wilson Wall - KN 185.54 .A1 WAL 2004
• Essentially yours :the protection of human genetic information in Australia Australian Law Reform Commission - KL 176 AUSRT

Animals and the Law

• Do animals have rights? [electronic resource] Alison Hills 
• Encyclopedia of animal rights and animal welfare [electronic resource]edited by Marc Bekoff with Carron A. Meaney 
• Animal rights and moral philosophy [electronic resource] Julian H. Franklin
• Confronting cruelty [electronic resource] :moral orthodoxy and the challenge of the animal rights movement Munro, Lyle
• Animal rights Healey, Justin - HN850.Z4 I87
• Animal rights [electronic resource] : current debates and new directions edited by Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum.

Exploring the Costs and Benefits of Globalisation

• Globalisation: north-south perspectives/John Glenn - JZ1318 .G554 2007
• Testing global interdependence: issues on trade, aid, migration and development/edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Natalia Dinello - JZ1318 .T426 2007
• The assymetries of globalization/edited by Pan A. Yotopoulos and Donato Romano - HF1379 .A87 2007
• The globalisation debate/editor: Justin Healey - HN850.Z4 I87
• Globalisation and the rule of law/edited by Spencer Zifcak. - KC 202 GLO 2005

Ethics of Consumption

• Con$umed: how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole/Benjamin R. Barber - HC110.C6 B324 2007
• Consumerism/editor, Justin Healey - HN850 .Z4 I87
• Consumer culture : history, theory and politics Roberta Sassatelli - HC79.C6 S2235 2007
• Consuming life/Zygmunt Bauman - HC79 .C6 Z94 2007 

Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports and/or primary sources of information such as cases and legislation. Access electronic resources including journal databases from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

• AGIS Plus Text & APA Full Text - Attorney General's Information Service covering all aspects of law. Mainly Australian information. 
• Academic OneFile - Multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text. Includes LegalTrac – mainly U.S. journal articles. 
• EBSCO Megafile Complete -Multidisciplinary database specializing in academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text. 
• JSTOR - Archive of journals covering subjects including law, philosophy and sociology. 
• Lexis - United States, International and Australian primary and secondary materials 
• LexisNexis AU - Australian cases and commentary. References to journal articles in CaseBase.

Web Resources:

You can try searching the Internet for more resources.

• Google Scholar
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy