As the only publication of its kind in Queensland, the Supreme Court History Program Yearbook is a valuable addition to the libraries of legal historians and lawyers alike. It serves as a useful source for those seeking a snapshot of the Queensland legal profession each year.

This history of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for the State of Queensland is not about the judgments the Council has reported over the past century, or about the courts in which cases were argued and judgments were delivered. This history is about the Incorporated Council itself: the remarkable people associated with it, whether as members of the Council, or as editors, reporters and secretaries; the way the Council’s publications were produced and the manner in which the Incorporated Council dealt with pressures upon it, and has faced the changes and challenges which have come its way.

"Mr O'Brien's book offers a unique distillation of principle and experience in an esoteric but vital field of legal practice. Any lawyer, however experienced, who has the carriage of an application for special leave to appeal in the High Court should regard this comprehensive and penetrating work as compulsory reading."

Justice Patrick Keane of the Queensland Court of Appeal

As the only publication of its kind in Queensland, the Supreme Court History Program Yearbook is a valuable addition to the libraries of legal historians and lawyers alike. It serves as a useful source for those seeking a snapshot of the Queensland legal profession each year.

The reception of English law abroad has antecedents that can be traced back as far as the English invasion of Ireland in the late 12th century. But it is to the settlement of Virginia 400 years ago that the legal systems of the former colonial empire owe their beginnings.

As with the English language, transposing the law overseas produced different accents and usages involving adjustments and change to many of its rules. None of the legal systems of the 100 or more places that now use English law or derivative forms of it is today an exact replica of what it was at the time when it parted from its matrix.

"John O'Keeffe was a man ahead of his time. He embraced change. He encouraged reform. He ensured that the Queensland Legal profession prepared itself for the future. He has had a marked impact upon, and has much to say, about contemporary legal practice in Queensland."

Dr Michael White QC and Mr Aladin Rahemtula, Supreme Court Librarian.

"In this fascinating study Jim Thomas casts a judicial and musically judicious eye upon the lives and music of over thirty great composers with backgrounds in the law and in the process entertains, educates and gently provokes. There's plenty here to beguile and inform the layman and the professional alike."

Piers Lane, Concert Pianist, London

The SCQL was commissioned to publish this history of the Youth Advocacy Centre in 2006, to commemorate 25 years of service.

This Festschrift for the Honourable Mr Justice McPherson CBE features an original collection of scholarly articles and personal reminiscences celebrating his long and influential legal career. His work as an advocate, scholar, law reformer and judge over the past 43 years is testimony to his widespread influence on the law.

As the only publication of its kind in Queensland, the Supreme Court History Program Yearbook is a valuable addition to the libraries of legal historians and lawyers alike. It serves as a useful source for those seeking a snapshot of the Queensland legal profession each year.

A Woman’s Place is a timely tribute to the achievements of women in the legal sphere since 1905, when women were first permitted to practise law in Queensland. This vibrant publication features the profiles of 51 remarkable women, historical and contemporary commentary on the role of women in the law in Queensland, and previously unpublished statistics.

Developed from a series of oral history interviews, Shared Vision tells the story of Dr Brian Wilson—a distinguished Brisbane ophthalmologist and one of Queensland’s first recipients of the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship.