LAW EXTENSION COMMITTEE
SUMMER SESSION 2017-18: TEXTS AND MATERIALS BOOKLIST
Last updated: 26/10/17
Would students please note that LexisNexis is offering our students a special discount and on purchases made through the LexisNexis e-store at www.store.lexisnexis.com.au until 1 December 2017. Students quoting the promo code LECSummer2017 will receive a 15% discount on all text titles (except for those authored by John Carter). This discount is not limited to the prescribed or recommended texts for our courses but includes the LexisNexis range of Quick Reference Cards and Glance Cards and LexisNexis study guides and Questions and Answers guides as well as many other texts.
Students should, however, still compare LexisNexis’s discounted price with that of other outlets. The Co-op Bookshop, for instance, offers a discount on texts sold to its members.
01 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
Prescribed Text (Required reading for all students)
· Creyke, Hamer, O’Mara et al, Laying Down the Law, 10th ed. LexisNexis, 2018. (Published 20 October 2017)
· Gabrielle Appleby Alexander Reilly, Laura Grenfell, Australian Public Law, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, May 2014
· Anita Stuhmcke, Legal Referencing, 4th ed. LexisNexis, Sydney, 2011
· Students should also obtain a good Australian Legal Dictionary.
If they wish, students may purchase a three-book pack of Laying Down the Law (10th ed.), Legal Referencing and LexisNexis Concise Australian Legal Dictionary, 5th ed. LexisNexis 2014, through the Co-op Bookshop, Phillip Street Branch, at a special price, but these texts may also be purchased individually.
Reference Materials (Additional reading which students may find useful)
· Vines, Law & Justice in Australia, Oxford University Press, 2004
· Parkinson, Tradition and Change in Australian Law, 5th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2012
· Carvan, Understanding the Australian Legal System, 7th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2014.
· Macken & Dupuche, Law Essentials: Foundations in Australian Law, 1st ed. Thomson Reuters, 2011
· Meehan & Tulloch, Butterworths Guides -Grammar for Lawyers, 3rd ed. LexisNexis, 2013
· Bott & Talbot-Stokes,Nemes& Coss' Effective Legal Research, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2015
· Sanderson & Kelly, A Practical Guide to Legal Research, Thomson Reuters, 2017
02 CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Prescribed Materials
· Hayes & Eburn, Criminal Law and Procedure in NSW, 5th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
· Howie & Johnson, Annotated Criminal Legislation New South Wales, 2017 ed. LexisNexis, 2016 (New edition expected to publish mid-November but the current edition is fine for students this semester.)
Reference Materials
· Waller & Williams, Criminal Law Texts and Cases, 13th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
· Brown, Farrier, McNamara, Steel, Grewcock, Quilter, Schwartz, Criminal Laws Materials and Commentary on Criminal Process in NSW, 6th ed. Federation Press, 2015
· Blackmore & Hoskings, Criminal Law NSW 2017 Thomson Reuters
03 TORTS
04 CONTRACTS
Prescribed Materials
· Radan, Gooley & Vickovich, Principles of Australian Contract Law, 4th ed. LexisNexis, 2018
· Radan, Gooley & Vickovich, Principles of Australian Contract Law, Cases and Materials, 4th ed. LexisNexis, 2018
Reference Materials
· Carter, Carter's Guide to Australian Contract Law, 3rd ed, LexisNexis, 2016
· Carter, Contract Law in Australia, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2012
· Carter, Cases and Materials on Contract Law in Australia, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2011
· Paterson, Robertson & Duke, Principles of Contract Law, 5th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2016
· Paterson, Robertson & Duke, Contract: Commentary and Materials, 13th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2016
· Seddon, Bigwood and Ellinghaus, Cheshire and Fifoot's Law of Contract, 10th Australian ed. LexisNexis, 2012
· Journal of Contract Law
· LexisNexis Questions and Answers – Contract Law, 5th ed.
05 REAL PROPERTY
06 AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Prescribed Text
● Tony Blackshield and George Williams, Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, 6th ed. Federation Press, 2014
Recommended Texts
● Hanks’ Australian Constitutional Law: Materials and Commentary, 10th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
● Joseph and Castan, Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View, 4th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2014
● Stellios James, Zine’s The High Court and the Constitution, 6th ed. Federation Press, 2015
● LexisNexis Questions and Answer – Constitutional Law, 4th ed.
07 EQUITY
Prescribed Texts
· P. Radan and C. Stewart, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts, 3rd ed, LexisNexis, 2016, (together with up-dates available on the LEC Webcampus) (hereafter referred to as ‘Textbook’)
· P Radan, C Stewart and I Vickovich, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts - Cases & Materials, 3rd ed, LexisNexis, 2016 (hereafter referred to as ‘Casebook’)
Recommended Materials
· G Dal Pont, Equity and Trusts in Australia and New Zealand, 6th ed, Thomson Reuters, 2015
· G Dal Pont, Equity and Trusts: Commentary and Materials, 6th ed, Thomson Reuters, 2015
· Dal Pont and Cockburn, Equity and Trusts: In Principle, 3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2014
· M B Evans, Equity and Trusts, 4th ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2016
· H A J Ford & W A Lee, Principles of the Law of Trusts, 3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 1995 (now loose leaf)
· J D Heydon & M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia, 8th ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2016
· J D Heydon, & P Loughlan, Cases and Materials on Equity and Trusts, 8th ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2011
· J. D. Heydon, M J Leeming & P G Turner, Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Equity - Doctrines and Remedies, 5th ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2015
· D S K Ong, Ong on Equity, Federation Press, 2011
· D S K Ong, Trusts Law in Australia, 4th ed, Federation Press, 2012
· P W Young, C Croft & M L Smith, On Equity, Thomson Reuters, 2009
· LexisNexis Questions and Answers – Equity and Trusts, 4th ed, 2013
08 COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Prescribed Materials
· Traves, Commercial Law, 4th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
· Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW)
· Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (NSW)
· Factors (Mercantile Agents) Act 1923 (NSW)
· Bills of Exchange Act 1909 (Cth)
· Cheques Act 1986 (Cth)
· Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
· ePayments Code Chapters C & F (obtain these from ASIC website: http://www.asic.gov.au)
· UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
· Parts of:
· Australian Consumer Law (a Schedule to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010) and Regulations
· Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) as amended
· Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (NSW)
· Personal Property Securities Act 2010
· Privacy Act 1988 and Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 Cth
· Conveyancing Act (s.12)
· Copyright Act (s.196)
· International Arbitration Act
Reference Materials
· Annotated Competition and Consumer Act incorporating the Australian Consumer Law (Various publishers)
· Mo, International Commercial Law, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
· Pearson, Tolhurst, Peden Commercial Law: Commentary and Materials, 3rd ed. Thomson Reuters, 2010
· Turner & Trone, Australian Commercial Law, 31st ed. Thomson Reuters, (November 2016)
· Sweeney & O’Reilly, Law in Commerce, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2016
· Spencer & Hardy, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed. Thomson Reuters, 2014
· Miles and Dowler, A Guide to Business Law, 21st ed. Thomson Reuters, 2014
· Gifford, Information Security, Managing the Legal Risks, CCH, 2009
· Davenport & Parker, Business Law in Australia, 2nd ed. Thomson Reuters, 2015
09 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Recommended Texts
· Creyke, R & McMillan, J & Smyth, M Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary, 4th ed. LexisNexis, 2015
· Esparraga, F & Ellis-Jones, I, Administrative Law Guidebook, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2016
Reference Materials
· Aronson & Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 6th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2017
· Cane & McDonald, Cases and Materials for Principles of Administrative Law, 2nd ed. OUP, 2013
· Cane & McDonald, Principles of Administrative Law, 2nd ed. OUP, 2012
· Douglas & Head, Douglas and Jones’s: Administrative Law, 7th ed. The Federation Press, 2014
· Lane & Young, Administrative Law in Australia, Thomson Reuters, 2007
· Pearce, D, Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 4rd ed. LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016
· Reilly, Appleby, Grenfell & Lacey, Australian Public Law, OUP, 2011
· Robinson, M, Judicial Review: The Laws of Australia, Thomson Reuters, 2014
· Pearce and Argument, Delegated Legislation in Australia, 5rd ed. LexisNexis, 2017
10 LAW OF ASSOCIATIONS
Prescribed Materials
· J Gooley, M Zammit, M Dicker & D Russell, Corporations and Associations: Principles and Issues, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2015;
· Corporations Legislation, 2017, Thomson Reuters or alternatively, Australian Corporations Legislation, LexisNexis, 2017 (the practitioner edition now includes annotations) or alternatively, Australian Corporations and Securities Legislation 2016, CCH;
· Partnership Act 1892 (NSW) as amended;
· Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW).
Textbooks
· Fletcher KL, The Law Relating to Non-Profit Associations in Australia and New Zealand, Thomson Reuters, 1986;
· Fletcher KL, The Law of Partnership in Australia, Thomson Reuters, 9th ed. 2007;
· Graw S, An Outline of the Law of Partnership, Thomson Reuters, 4th ed. 2011;
· Redmond P, Companies and Securities Law: Commentary and Materials, Thomson Reuters, 5th ed. 2009.
· Redmond P, Corporations and Financial Markets Law, Thomson Reuters, 7th ed. 2017
· Austin RP & Ramsey IM, Ford’s Principles of Corporations Law, 16th ed. LexisNexis, 2015 (17th ed due December 2017)
11 EVIDENCE
Prescribed Materials
· Kumar, Odgers, Peden, Uniform Evidence Law: Commentary and Materials, 5th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2015 (KOP)
· Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
· Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW)
Reference Materials
· Stephen Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law, (12th ed 2016) (hereafter “Odgers”)
· KOP is a companion volume to Odgers. Students can access this resource in electronic format from the Library’s webpage.
· Neil Williams et al, Uniform Evidence in Australia, LexisNexis (2015)
· Andrew Hemming, Miiko Kumar and Elisabeth Peden, Evidence: Commentary and Materials (8th ed, 2013)
· Andrew Ligertwood and Gary Edmond, Australian Evidence, 6th 2017
· Jeremy Gans and Andrew Palmer, Uniform Evidence, (2nd ed, 2014)
· J D Heydon, Cross on Evidence, (10th ed, 2015)
Students can also access this resource electronically from the library’s database.
· Jill Hunter et al, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press (2015)
· Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Victorian Law Reform Commission, 'Uniform Evidence Law' (ALRC Report No 102, NSWLRC Report 112, VLRC Final Report, Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2005). This report can be accessed from http://www.alrc.gov.au.
· Australian Law Reform Commission, Evidence Interim Report (No 26) 2 vols (1985) Via AustLII Evidence Final Report (No 38) (1987) Via AustLII
12 TAXATION AND REVENUE LAW
13 SUCCESSION
14 CONVEYANCING
Prescribed Materials
· Skapinker and Lane, Sale of Land: Commentary and Materials, 5th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2010.
· Butt, Land Law, 7th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2017.
· Rossiter, Principles of Land Contracts and Options in Australia, LexisNexis, 2003.
· Standard Form of Contract for Sale of Land, 2017 ed. approved by the Law Society of New South Wales and the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales.
Relevant Legislation
Internet access to the relevant legislation can be readily obtained through:
· http://www.austlii.edu.au for section by section references and for unbroken presentation (more convenient for printing), www.legislation.nsw.gov.au and www.commlaw.gov.au. There is also a useful site associated with the NSW Bar at http://www.barnet.com.au/Jade.
· Conveyancing Act 1919 and Conveyancing (General) Regulation 2013.
· Real Property Act 1900 and Regulations NSW.
· Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2017 NSW (CSoL Reg 2017) with amendments up to 1 July 2017.
· Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 NSW.
· Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 NSW.
· Strata Schemes Management Act 2015. Assented to 5.11.2015. Commencement 30.11.2016, (Part 11, cl 15 of Sch 1 and cl 16 of Sch 3 excepted). Commencement 1.7.2017 for Part 11, cl 15 of Sch 1 and cl 16 of Sch 3.
· Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 commenced on 30.11.2016.
· Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cwlth) – Australian Consumer Law (ACL) as amended is set out in Schedule 2 of the Act.
· Community Land Management Act 1989 NSW.
· Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 NSW.
· Home Building Act 1989 (as amended 2014).
· Encroachment of Buildings Act 1922.
· Swimming Pools Act 1992-2012 and Swimming Pools Regulation 2008-2016.
15 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Prescribed Materials
· Civil Procedure Act 2005 as amended
· Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, including Practice Notes as amended
· Supreme Court Act 1970, and Supreme Court Rules 1970
· District Court Act 1973 and District Court Rules 1973
· Local Court Act 2007, and Local Court Rules 2009
· New South Wales Civil Procedure Handbook 2017, Hamilton, Lindsay, Morahan & Webster, Thompson Reuters
· Civil Procedure in NSW, 3rd ed., Kumar, Legg & Vickovich, Thompson Reuters, 2015
· Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) as advised
[Note: Supreme Court Act, District Court Act, Local Court Act and rules – limited discussion]
Reference Materials
· Ritchie, Uniform Civil Procedure NSW, LexisNexis Butterworths (loose leaf service and online)/ service provided by Thomson Reuters
· Cairns B.C., Australian Civil Procedure, 11th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2016
· Colbran et al, Civil Procedure: Commentary & Materials, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2015
· Sourdin Tania, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 5th ed., Thompson Reuters 2016
· Spender D., Hardy S., Dispute Resolution in Australia, 3rd ed., Thompson Reuters
· The College of Law NSW Practice Papers 2106 (Vol 4) LexisNexis
· Azize, El Khouri and Finnane, Pleading Precedents, Thomson Reuters, 2009
· Villa, Dominic, Annotated Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) 2nd ed. Thomson Reuters, 2013
· Odgers S., Uniform Evidence Law, 11th ed. Thomson Reuters, 2016
· Jones D., Commercial Arbitration in Australia, 2nd ed., Thomson Reuters 2013
16 INSOLVENCY
Prescribed Materials
· Murray, M. & Harris, J., Keay’s Insolvency: Personal and Corporate Law and Practice, 9th ed. Thomson Reuters Law Book Co., 2016
· Selected Legislation from the Corporations Act 2001 and the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (this will be available on the LEC Webcampus)
Reference Material
· 2017 Corporations Legislation (Annotated), Thomson Reuters
· Nichols, P., Annotated Bankruptcy Act 1966, 6th edition, LexisNexis 2015
· Gooley, Zammit, Dicker & Russell, Corporations and Associations: Principles and Issues, 6th ed. LexisNexis, 2015
· Symes, C. and Duns, J., Australian Insolvency Law, 3rd edition, LexisNexis, 2015
· Symes,C.,Brown, D and Wellard,M., Australian Insolvency Law Cases and Materials, LexisNexis, 2016
· The following are available via the University Library Law Databases:
Ø Australian Journal of Corporate Law (LexisNexis AU)
Ø Australian Law Journal (Westlaw AU)
Ø Insolvency Law Journal (Westlaw AU)
Ø Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (Westlaw AU)
Ø Company and Securities Law Journal (Westlaw AU)
Ø McPherson’s Law of Company Liquidation (Westlaw AU)
Ø Crutchfield’s Voluntary Administration (Westlaw AU)
Ø Australian Commercial Law Tracker (CCH Online)