Role of the Solicitor-General - by Gabrielle Appleby (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Behind every government there is an impressive team of hard-working lawyers. In Australia, the Solicitor-General leads that team. A former Attorney-General once said, 'The Solicitor-General is next to the High Court and God.' And yet the role of government lawyers in Australia, and specifically the Solicitor-General as the most senior of government lawyers, is under-theorised and under-studied.<br/><br/><i>The Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law, Politics and the Public Interest </i>goes behind the scenes of government - drawing from interviews with over 45 government and judicial officials - to uncover the history, theory and practice of the Australian Solicitor-General. The analysis reveals a role that is of fundamental constitutional importance to ensuring both the legality and the integrity of government action, thus contributing to the achievement of rule-of-law ideals. The Solicitor-General also works to defend government action and prosecute government policies in the court, and thus performs an important role as messenger between the political and judicial branches of government.<br/><br/>But the Solicitor-General's position, as both an internal integrity check on government and an external warrior for government, gives rise to competing pressures: between the law, politics and the public interest. The office of the Solicitor-General in Australia has evolved many characteristics across the almost two centuries of its history in an attempt to navigate these tensions. These pressures are not unique to the Australian context. The understanding of the Australian position provided by this book is informed by, and will inform, comparative analysis of the role of government lawyers across the world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Appleby's book has the virtue of asserting a more principled and high-minded approach to the office that is likely to form the basis of the future understanding of the office.<br/>UNSW Law Journal<br><br>There is no doubt that the author has managed to describe and create an interest in the office of the <br/>Solicitor-General, which up until now has been little known and of a lesser interest to the legal community, let alone the general public. It is hoped that the publication of this book will stimulate both law academics and students to gain a greater knowledge of an office, which as the text has illustrated, can have a significant bearing on Australian Constitutional issues.<br/>Legal Education Digest<br><br>This book is a pioneer in undertaking a full- scale examination of the office of solicitor-general and in analysing and explaining the functions and responsibilities which attach to that office.<br/>Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gabrielle Appleby is Associate Professor of Law at UNSW.
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