The Australian Law Dictionary
Fourth Edition
Trischa Mann
Also available as:
$119.95 AUD
- ISBN:
- 9780190354725
- Published:
- 29 Apr 2026
- Availability:
- 999
This new fourth edition of the Australian Law Dictionary provides the opportunity for trainee and practising legal professionals to increase their thinking across arbitrary legal boundaries.
While law needs to be taught in discrete subject areas, practising lawyers need to instinctively understand law as a host of alternative possibilities. The Australian Law Dictionary help lawyers see context and connection so they can integrate their thinking beyond individual subjects.
New to this Edition:
Wider focus on ‘Beyond Priestley 11’ subjects.
- Foundations of law and Legal Writing.
- Environmental law, First nations, family and community.
- Commercial law (online, accounting, tax) and Intellectual property.
- International and humanitarian law.
- Jurisprudence.
- Priestley 12 (legal practice).
Key Features:
We are keeping all the features that made the Australian Law Dictionary an award-winning dictionary.
- Online access to Abbreviations, Law Report and Medium-Neutral Case Citations, Popular Case Names, Australian Prime Ministers, Justices of the High Court of Australia and the Constitution.
- Written, reviewed and edited by legal experts.
- Mapped around 20 key legal topic areas, including the Priestley 11.
- Extensive cross-referencing among entries, providing valuable context.
- Extended entries for major topics and complex terms.
- Case and legislative authorities cited within relevant definitions.
- Subject overviews showing key terms for each topic.
- Key relationship diagrams and key term lists.
- Online access to complex flow charts, multiple-choice quizzes, further reading and interactive key term exercises to test your knowledge of legal language.
How to use this dictionary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations in headwords
A-Z of dictionary entries
Appendix: Subject overviews and keywords
Trischa Mann has practised law as a solicitor, barrister and corporate counsel, and taught a range of legal subjects in business law and intellectual property. She holds a PhD in judicial education.
For the first time, the Australian Law Dictionary has extensive online support materials.
New resources designed specifically for teaching and learning, including overview/detail exercises and broadening/development exercises:
- Tutorial (or self-study) exercises linked to Australian Law Dictionary themes and key words, and examples in context (some requiring pre-reading/preparation, others purely in class, some for discussion, others for individual practice)
- For each exercise, curated links to other online material (and not an avalanche of further reading)
- Helpful flow charts, tables and diagrams setting out key principles in Priestley 11 and Beyond Priestley 11 subjects
For the first time, the Australian Law Dictionary has extensive online support materials.
New resources designed specifically for teaching and learning, including overview/detail exercises and broadening/development exercises:
- Tutorial (or self-study) exercises linked to Australian Law Dictionary themes and key words, and examples in context (some requiring pre-reading/preparation, others purely in class, some for discussion, others for individual practice)
- For each exercise, curated links to other online material (and not an avalanche of further reading)
- Helpful flow charts, tables and diagrams setting out key principles in Priestley 11 and Beyond Priestley 11 subjects