Kangaroo Court: Family Law Court in Australia; Quarterly Essay 17

by John Hirst

The Family Court was a progressive reform of the 1970s. Now it is perhaps the most hated institution in Australia. In'Kangaroo Court', John Hirst investigates what went wrong.

This is a measured yet unsparing appraisal which interleaves individual cases with compelling legal and moral argument. Hirst takes us deep into the workings of the Court and the domestic apocalypses it sees every day.
He explores the Court's fervour to uphold the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863953418
• ISBN13: 9781863953412
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"