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2.
Holland v Jones (1917) 23 CLR 149 per Isaacs J at 153.
3.
This article does not address statutes in Australian states (Evidence Act 1929(SA) s.64; Evidence Act 1910 (Tas) s.67; Evidence Act 1906 (WA) s.72 and see also Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s.144 and Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s.144), which enable courts to refer to certain published works considered to be of authority in matters of public history, literature, science or art.
4.
McHughAC, The Hon Justice M.H., ‘Law Making in an Intermediate Appellate Court: The New South Wales Court of Appeal’, (1987) 11 (2) Sydney Law Review183–8 where his Honour discusses whether or not judicial law making should be the prerogative of the ultimate court of appeal; McHugh AC, The Hon Justice M.H., ‘The Law-making Function of the Judicial Process — Part 1’, (1988) 62ALJ15–31; McHughAC, The Hon Justice M.H., ‘The Law-making Function of the Judicial Process — Part 2’, (1988) 62ALJ11–127; McHughAC, The Hon Justice M.H., ‘The Judicial Method’, (1999) 73ALJ37–51.
