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As Chief Justice Gageler observes in his thoughtful Foreword to this collection, “… Gummow is, and has been for some 60 years, a formidable influence on the content and trajectory of Australian law”. The 30 papers that comprise this volume are organised into four parts: Personalities; Legal Method; Constitutional Law; and Private Law. Together they highlight the breadth and depth of the author’s legal mind. Each reflects a rich understanding of legal history and mastery of the method by which the common law develops and is understood. Among the writings that have been selected we find, according to Chief Justice Gageler, “… penetrating insights into prominent legal personalities and landmark cases; sophisticated and sustained expositions of legal method and legal doctrine; innovative and profound explorations of fundamental legal concepts; and intense and often searing criticisms of specific contemporary legal developments”. This is a book which will be read. And read again.