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Legal Aid News Issue 17: What's out there? << Back to index Update on resources Hot Topics If you haven't yet discovered one of the best plain English legal publications of all time, then you've been living with your head in the sand. Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language is published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), to meet a need for information about changes and debates in the law for the general public and also students. Hot Topics uses a magazine-style layout which incorporates images, tables and timelines to make it ‘reader-friendly’. Defining legal terms and highlighting important concepts ensures that readers will be able to understand the particular issues, and will also develop an understanding of legal concepts. Each issue has a section for Further Reading and Contacts to allow readers to follow developments or study an issue in more depth. Recent issues include: · Drugs · Voting & Elections · International Law · Human Rights · Native Title · Health & the Law · Reconciliation · E-Law For further information and orders, contact LIAC: Tel: 9273 1645 Fax: 9273 1250 Email: liac@slnsw.gov.au Internet: www.slnsw.gov.au/liac Hot from Redfern Redfern Legal Centre continues to roll out its publishing gems, a must on any legal reader's shelf. For a start the hugely popular Law Handbook (7th edition) is now going for $37.50 (marked down from $75) - an absolute steal. Another outstanding publication is the Bankruptcy Handbook ($22.00), written by a financial counsellor for advisers working with clients considering or entering bankruptcy. It also includes information sheets which can be copied and given to clients, sample debt agreement proposals and a sample application for bankruptcy. The Centre also publishes comprehensive guides to both the Children's Court and Local Court. The Court is Open – a guide to the Local Court is retailing for $21.95 whilst the Children's Court Guidebook, an essential reference for anyone involved in advocacy for children, can be picked up for $32.95. On the subject of young people, there is also Youth Justice - your guide to cops and courts selling for $34.95. |
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