Keywords:
1. Laying the foundations -- 2. An introduction to legal history and the development of the modern legal profession -- 3. The Australian legal system -- 4. Indigenous Australians and the system of law and justice -- 5. The legal profession and professional legal practice and ethics -- 6. Case law and precedent -- 7. Precedent in Australian Courts -- 8. Judicial decision-making-- 9. Legislation -- 10. Approaches to interpretation of legislation -- 11. Extrinsic aids to interpretation of legislation -- 12. Interpretation of legislation in context -- 13. Presumptions used in the interpretation of legislation -- 14. Statutory obligations and discretions -- Legal research - how to start -- 16. Searching secondary sources -- 17. Searching for case law -- 18. Searching for legislation -- 19. Legal writing, study and exam skills -- 20. Citation -- 21. Study and exam skills - A. Court hierarchies -- B. Abbreviations of commonly used law reports C. A guide to law reports of Courts -- D Common legal abbreviations -- E Commonly misspelt words -- F. Glossary