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PART 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Laying the foundations -- 2. The origins and historical development of the Australian legal system -- 3. The Australian legal system -- 4. First Nations Australians and the Australian legal system -- 5. The legal profession and professional legal practice and ethics -- 6. Going to law: legal dispute resolution processes -- PART 2. SOURCES OF LAW: CASE LAW -- 7. Case law and precedent -- 8. Precedent in Australian courts -- PART 3. SOURCES OF LAW: LEGISLATION -- 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 -- 15. Applying legislation to complex problems -- PART 4. LEGAL RESEARCH -- 16. Legal research - approaches and steps -- 17. Searching for secondary sources -- 18. Searching for case law -- 19. Searching for legislation -- PART 5. LEGAL WRITING, STUDY AND EXAM SKILLS -- 20. Legal writing -- 21. Referencing and citation -- 22. Study and exam skills -- PART 6. THE ESSENTIAL LEGAL TOOLKIL -- 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 or misused words -- F. Glossary