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Bookplate inserted; inscribed in pencil on front endpaper: “Robert G. Menzies, 1917”. Highlights are made throughout text in pencil on various subjects including: legislative intent [p. 9]; loss of character resulting from judicial decisions [p. 12]; quotes from the decision of Gules v. Saltire [pp. 13; 16]; animal cruelty [pp. 18 – 24]; the sense of self-importance from plaintiffs and defendants in the witness box [p. 51]; the difference between professional and accidental witnesses [p. 56]; issues with women in the witness box [pp. 59-60]; cross examination technique for adverse witnesses [pp. 62; 64]; prisoners [p. 82]; the predisposition of some people who refuse to whichever government is in power [p. 146]; kings being esteemed because of their rarity [p. 151]; the view that philosophers should not be in government [p. 169]; socialists causing upheaval [pp. 172 – 173]; the need for constant change in governmental foreign policy [pp. 186-187]; negotiating with foreign countries [p. 200]; the need for humour in diplomacy [p. 203].