This book identifies, analyses and celebrates the significant and influential dissenting judicial opinions in Australian legal history.

A intriguing and comprehensive history describes the growth of South Australia from 1829 when it was born in the imagination of liberal theorists in England, to 1857 when the colony became self-governing. It is a pioneering book about pioneers.

Mainly non-Aboriginal material; Brief mention of government policy to Aborigines in the 1830s and 1840s appointment of Protectors and violent conflict with settlers and police in 1840s.

In this collection of his speeches and addresses, Dr. Davis McCaughey challenges our perceptions of what tradition and dissent mean to each of us. Freedom to dissent is part of the tradition that we have inherited. Dr. McCaughey surveys our inherited traditions (including that of the Crown), discusses the meaning of, the freedom to and the present need for dissent, and discourses on topics such as accountability in learned institutions and universities, and ethical issues such as euthanasia and responsibilities in a nuclear age. Dr. McCaughey's observations are illuminating and engaging, intelligent and critical, encouraging and challenging. He writes with authority and wisdom on matters of vital importance for our national self-understanding. In speaking at the commemorations for many notable traditionalists and dissenters, among them intellectual and social leaders of Australia, and in Anzac Day addresses, Dr. McCaughey reminds us of the continuing need to honour and support those among us who see the need for both tradition and dissent.