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Title: |
John Jefferson Bray |
| Sub-title: |
A Vigilant Life |
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| By (author): |
John Emerson Foreword by: Michael Kirby |
| ISBN10-13: |
192223561X : 9781922235619 |
| Illustrations: |
12 images |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
245x170mm |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - March 2015 |
| List Price: |
26.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: historical, political & military |
| In March 1967 South Australian AttorneyGeneral Don Dunstan appointed his stateâ s most outstanding barrister as Chief Justice. In public, Brayâ s appointment brought barely a ripple, but in the murky waters of Adelaideâ s corridors of power this decision unleashed waves of outrage and bitter revenge seeking, which would eventually lead to the sacking of a police commissioner, the resignation of Dunstan as South Australian Premier and the early retirement of Bray. After his successful defence of Rupert Murdochâ s News in 1960 in a seditious libel case, Bray made a powerful enemy who coveted the position of Chief Justice that Bray would come to hold â an enemy who would then ruthlessly target Brayâ s unconventional private life. This is the story of an extraordinarily gifted man whose judicial writings continue to be cited across the Commonwealth and who determined to defend not only his own natural right to a private life but also that of all citizens. As Michael Kirby relates in his Foreword, â the abuse of power, recorded in those pages, stands as a warning to usâ . |
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| “This biography
unravel(s) the puzzle of how such a gifted legal scholar, advocate and judge could, at the same time, live a life that so outraged the orthodox expectations that ascended upon him.” -- From the Foreword by the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
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This biography ... unravel(s) the puzzle of how such a gifted legal scholar, advocate and judge could, at the same time, live a life that so outraged the orthodox expectations that descended upon him. -- The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG
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