{"title":"Law","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"beauty-and-the-law-by-mark-fowler","title":"Beauty and The Law by Mark Fowler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBeauty and The La\u003c\/span\u003ew by Mark Fowler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePrice $39.95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date; October 22nd, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781923224438\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Shepherd Street Press Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBeauty and the Law takes the reader on an introductory journey through Western intellectual \u003cspan\u003ehistory, observed through the prism of the relation of beauty to justice. It harnesses the insights \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof philosophy, aesthetics, theology, literature and jurisprudence to fashion a coherent conceptual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eframework sufficient to enable just action by those committed to the common good. Interrogating the  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efoundations of contemporary postmodernism, it finds within the law the space for beauty, truth and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe good to make their continuing claims upon us. Originally delivered as a series of lectures for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship in Cumbria, United Kingdom, this short introduction to themes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewithin philosophy and theology will be a useful resource for all those searching to find a renewed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esense of vocation within our postmodern culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Nothing could be more apt for the times than the publication of Dr Fowler’s original and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003einsightful lectures about Western Civilisation … Dr Fowler’s elegantly constructed lectures drawing \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eupon history, law, literature, the Bible and the Constitution itself deal at a philosophical and  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003epractical level with the paradoxes of an increasingly secular age. This anthology is not however  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewritten exclusively for the philosopher or the lawyer. It is enlivened by poetry, parable and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eanecdote. Beauty and the Law could not be more relevant than it is today. It is to be commended to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eeveryone.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– The Hon Ian DF Callinan AC, former Justice of the High Court of Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘If beauty can light up pathways to human flourishing, we are greatly indebted to Mark Fowler for \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehelping us find the switch again, so long lost in the gloom of our blind materialism.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e– The Hon John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Mark Fowler shows, drawing on history, theology, literature, art and philosophy, that beauty as \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe pursuit of justice is at the very heart of law-making, advocacy and judicial decision making.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– The Hon Amanda Stoker, former Commonwealth Assistant Attorney-General\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘This book is a timely reminder that beauty is not a shallow construct but has a much deeper \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esignificance for the individual human soul and the broader human condition.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e– Commissioner Lorraine Finlay, Australian Human Rights Commissioner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Mark Fowler has done us a great service in these lectures to draw our attention to the divine gift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof beauty, and its relevance to the public sphere. Let’s continue to advocate for its power.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Reverend Canon Dr Rhys Bezzant, Principal (elect), Ridley College, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Dr Fowler does a great job of reminding us that law, to be justice, must be related to matters beyond mere law itself and that beauty and what it relates to is one of these important informing notions. A much needed book.’ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Iain T Benson, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr Fowler in this very accessible collection of lectures reminds us that within both the classical and intellectual tradition of Greece and Rome and the Judeo-Christian tradition there are persistent affirmations of the psycho-cultural relationship between the true, the good, the beautiful and the just. Dr Fowler mounts a compelling case against the pessimism of postmodernist critical theory; the hopeless view that there can be no common ground between human beings. Dr Fowler’s discussion serves to sensitise us to the relationship between the just and the beautiful. Even we time-poor lawyers can appreciate, if we are sufficiently alert to it, the force of this insight in our daily lives and daily practice. I commend Mark Fowler’s book to you as a mediation on these larger themes. These lectures worthily champion the essential, hopeful view that we all of us can know an injustice when we see it, even if we have not been its victim.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e–The Hon Patrick Keane AC, former Judge of the High Court of Australia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHusband to Sarah and father to Caitlyn and Ethan, Dr Mark Fowler is a practicing lawyer and Principal of Fowler Charity Law. 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Public inquiries are those temporary, ad hoc bodies appointed by executive government to report on corruption, calamitous events and many different policy issues. Using Australian and international case studies, this new volume explores why royal commissions and public inquiries are appointed, their processes and their impacts. It provides an up-to-date review of current Australian and international developments. 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