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The first edition was published in 1891 by West Publishing, with the full title A Dictionary of Law: containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern, including the principal terms of international constitutional and commercial law, with a collection of legal maxims and numerous select titles from the civil law and other foreign systems.
The ninth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary was published on 12 September 2023. [16] With a foreword by Australian author Markus Zusak, the ninth edition featured hundreds of new entries and updated definitions. [17] [18] Macquarie Dictionary (9th ed.). Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers. 12 September 2023. ISBN 978-1-76126-774-1.
As pointed out by Sandro Nielsen in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about legal matters independent of any text (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual.
The first edition of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation ("AGLC1") was published in 1998, a year which saw the publication of three other general guides: [5] Colin Fong, Australian Legal Citation - A Guide ("Fong's guide"); Pearl Rozenberg, Australian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation ("Law Book Co. guide"); and
The Australian National Dictionary Centre's major research project is the Australian National Dictionary.The project seeks to find English words and meanings that have originated in Australia, that have a greater currency in Australia than elsewhere, or that have a special significance in Australian history.
The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) is an institution operated jointly by the Faculties of Law of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.
The first edition of the Australian Encyclopedia was disrupted due to the war in 1914, therefore delaying its publication. Jose was employed by George Robertson for the encyclopedia full-time and was named editor-in-chief of the Australian Encyclopedia a year later when the first volume was titled The Illustrated Australian Encyclopedia.
The first edition was published in 1981 edited by John Athol Pettifer CBE, Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives from 1976 to 1982. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Currently in its seventh edition, published in 2018, [ 3 ] the text is the comprehensive and authoritative guide to the procedure and practice of the Australian House of Representatives.