A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales Volume 2 The New State, 1901-1955

New South Wales was from its origins uniquely connected with the criminal law. The first volume of this study (Woods, 2002) covered the period from 1788 until Federation - convicts, gold rushes, wild bushrangers and equally wild legislators. This second volume continues the still-fascinating story from 1901 (when the colony became a state) through until mid-20th century, when the death penalty was effectively abolished. Once again the author draws on his wide experience of the criminal law as an academic, law reformer, barrister and judge to describe the development of the law in its social, economic and political contexts.

1. New Century, New State, Old Problems 2. The Poisoned Chalice of Mercy 3. Not A Code: The Common Law and the Queen’s Washerwoman 4. Mixed Motives in Edwardian Criminal Laws: Protection and Control 5. “Too Many Seconds”: TM Slattery and the Law of Theft 6. “A Shilling An Acre”: The Crown Lands Scandals 1905-1907 7. A Grudging Step Towards Legal Aid 8. The Scorchers: Taming the Horseless Carriage 9. Mixed Motives Again: The Aborigines Protection Act 1909 10. Criminal Law and Economics: The “Leg-Iron” Election of 1910 11. Wing-Collar Crime: The Coal Vend, and Big Sugar 12. Age of Consent: The Girls’ Protection Act, 1910 13. Trial and Error: The Criminal Appeal Act 1912 14. Making War and Making Crimes: 1914–1916 15. The Grass Parliament, and Aftershocks: 1916-1920 16. Some Elections, Tom Bavin and a Wedding Law: 1920-1925 17. John Latham and Commonwealth Crimes: Saviour from Subversion 18. Lang, Bavin, Razors and Reform 19. Hard Times: Depression and the State Criminal Law 20. Latham Again, Menzies, and a Popular Czech, 1932–1935 21. The Right Suspect, and Sane 22. Craig, Davies and Cody: A Dissent, and a Caution 23. The Golden Thread and the Golden Threads 24. Two Tall Poppies: Homosexuals and the Courts between the Wars 25. The Musical Policeman: Illicit Betting Inquiries, 1936-1938 26. War Again: Regulations and Resistance 27. A Welcome Occupation: Americans, Police Scandal and the Courts 28. War from a Magistrate’s Bench 29. Hardly Treason: The Case of Major Cousens 30. Justinian in Khaki: CE Martin and the Public Defender 31. Police Interrogation at Mid-Century: "Realism", "Sentiment" and an angry Chief Justice 32. More Democratic Juries, and the Ladies' Auxiliary 33. Cold War and Hot Words: Sedition and Lance Sharkey, 1949 34. "Kiss-in-the-ring": State Crimes Act Amendments of 1951 35. "Reffos, Balts and Wogs": New Australians in the Criminal Courts, 1945-1955 36. The Beer Rebellion: Barwick and the Fibbers 37. Police Scrumdown, a Royal Distraction and the Press Barons 38. "Fallen Among Christians": Death Penalty Abolition, 1955

Greg Woods is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of NSW Law School.