A new addition to the collection of interest is Dowling's Select cases, 1828 to 1844 : decisions of the Supreme Court of New South Wales / edited by T.D. Castle, Bruce Kercher ; with a foreword by J.J. Spigelman. IMPRINT Sydney : Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, 2005. KZC1910.N48 D69 2005 (Reports/Statutes level 4)

Compiled by Sir James Dowling himself this volume is an invaluable source of original material , and is a unique record of colonial life. The cases are arranged by subject, with interesting headings such as Convicts, Debtors & Execution and Liquor. In the words of the editors "the conflict between English law, and the circumstances of life in the colony, undoubtedly provided the rationale for Dowling to prepare the Select Cases , as a means of recording the development of a distinct body of Australian common law by the early work of the Supreme Court"