{"product_id":"law-in-the-new-democracy","title":"Law in the New Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher's description:\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1850s, opposition to the Crown in New South Wales made for unsteady ground for the administration of criminal law. This study of skirmishes between magistrates, constables and the metropolis reveals just how far understandings of law could be stretched and warped by recalcitrant local populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt Carcoar, the local population entirely controlled how law worked; on the South Coast, ‘the people’ influenced how law intervened in their lives; in the north west of the colony, publicans dominated; on the north coast, violence against First Nations\/Aboriginal people was forcibly meshed into the day to day working of the courts. This study shows a ‘frontier’ centred on the coasts and in the minds of legal officials of the metropolis, but elsewhere, some recognition of the Aboriginal polity and an early understanding of Aboriginal rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith right of reply by First Nations\/Aboriginal people.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Paula Jane Byrne\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: ANU Press\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 306\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 29 January 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781760467135\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52030474780983,"sku":"9781760467135","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-6589_medium_eda3fe72-2971-4c0d-b677-be412da2da66.png?v=1777002225","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/law-in-the-new-democracy","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}