Attempts at restorative justice fail. The inflammatory role of the media in high profile criminal cases. Liberal weakness of the NZ justice system. Inaccessibility of the law- costs Legal history Law as a tool of oppression. Perceptions of lawyers Corruption in the legal system Public vs private life of lawyers Glamorous lifestyles of legal professionals Arrest procedure Role of police in the criminal justice system Confessions. Key character, Aniela Devantier, has a tempestuous 'on again, off again' relationship with a shady lawyer named Bob.
While Aniela is an artist, Bob is referred to as 'philistine'.
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Another sub-plot in the book deals with a police surveillance operation and includes a police interrogation scene. About a rugby team and the feud between two players. Female lawyer character. Law as a tool of oppression Sentencing issues Coercive power of the law. One of the characters is found guilty of theft and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.
Severity of criminal sentences relating to property. Perceptions of judges Legal ramifications of divorce Law in literature within law in literature.
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Court procedure Appearance of courtroom Sacrifice of human element for fact and procedure. Court scene - Accused is in the dock - Scans the court room and describes different aspects - Sense of 'Friday exhaustion'. Politics and law Role of police in the criminal justice system in criminal justice system Role of the media International law Court procedure Importance of due process Criminal stigma.
A student is mistakenly accused of stealing sensitive information about oil. Rule of law. Law professors giving advice to the media. Alienation from the legal system- Maori Legal history Traditional legal concepts of Maori. Distrust of the legal system Legal history Inaccessibility of the law- costs Unfairness of the legal system to women Law as a tool of oppression.
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About an arrest - Freda Barnes, wife of leading unionist- Water front strike. About a Maori family living in a small town in NZ. Maori female lawyer. Changing perception of lawyer stereotype to include women. Lawyer as small town gentry. The lawyer's pivotal role in divorce proceedings. Becoming a lawyer to help dispossessed minority eg. Victoria law school as training for new elite.
Maori law students automatically getting scholarships. Absence of law Vigilantism as justice Man alone on the run from the law Law as ineffective. Crime action thriller, Irish 'troubles' come to NZ, lead character Brian Deeds is a Protestant who turned Queen's evidence on his fellow Protestant terrorists.
Now they are trying to kill him. Several police characters, no lawyers, judges or mention of specific criminal law. Police seem powerless to control Irish carrying out vendettas in NZ. About politics in NZ during the s depression - Parliament passing terrible laws. Role of the media Youth and law Racism of the law Injustice Inaccessibility of the law- costs Individual rights vs public safety Politics and law Legal history Importance of evidence in criminal conviction Law as a tool of oppression Importance of jury Cause celebre trials Women in law.
Structured like TV news with readers and news stories featuring law. The draconian laws introduced by government during waterfront strike- the 'Truth' often forgotten or sacrificed for a juicy story. Conservative establishment against poor. Racism and the law against Chinese. Injustice of Arthur Allan Thomas trial.
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Poem about envy. Concepts of fear, guilt, innocence, "black justice". One of the main characters, Maria Wallis, is a new law clerk at a big firm and gets involved in the Auckland underworld. Details the challenges that a new lawyer faces in a large corportate firm. Excellent description of corporate culture and the induction process. Maria works for an eccentric partner named Giles Speer. As the novel progresses, Maria begins to spiral downwards and loses her job. Hypocrisy of law Law as a tool of oppression Land issues Alienation from the legal system- Maori Racism of the law.
Authorial voice is accused of stealing a pig. Eloquent defence provided. Based on the legal career of high profile late 19th Century-early 20th Century barrister Alfred Hanlon.
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Each episode deals with a high profile case in which Hanlon was the defence lawyer for eg. Minnie Dean. Set in Dunedin.
Episode 1: In Defence of Minnie Dean. Episode 2: In Defence of Hugh Sweeney. Episode 3: In Defence of Clements. Episode 5: In Defence of Stott and Bramley. Episode 6: In Defence of Shue Hock. Episode 7: In Defence.
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Has a balance between scenes involving Hanlon's personal life, court room scenes and scenes in his offices. Difference between law and morality. Discrimination against Chinese. Man on drug charges - Set in Christchurch Arrogant, more interested in status than people. Dishonest clients. Friendship between two teenage girls, one of whom's father is a lawyer. Perceptions of judges Criminal stigma Importance of evidence in criminal conviction Sentencing issues. Set in the Ureweras - Man is convicted for poaching - Courthouse scene where he tries to blame it on his horse.
Violence against women Unfairness of the legal system to women Importance of jury Law as a tool of oppression. Wife murders husband - Sentenced to three years - Whether battered women's syndrome can be used to justify murder. Domestic violence. Misogynist view enshrined in the law. Societal support for 'wife-beaters'. Young Maori people learning about their culture and the injustices of the past - Reacting against it.
World of urban Maori in s.