Exploring Continuity and Integrity in Legal Systems Through Literary Analogy

This week on Secondary Rules, Joshua Neoh and Ryan Goss discuss the theatrical spectacle of Question Time and its constitutional purpose, and activate book club mode to think about why law is like a novel.

• Bovens on accountability (2007)
• Dworkin on Law as Interpretation (1982)
• Cooper v Stuart (1889, UKPC)
• Mabo (No 2) (1992, HCA)

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