The Racket
How Abortion Became Legal in Australia
$66.48
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country’s most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets.
The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force.
With forensic skill and psychological subtlety, Gideon Haigh brings to life a story of c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522855784 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522855784 |
| Author: | Gideon Haigh |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 156mm x 232mm |
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Gideon Haigh
Born in London and based in Melbourne, Gideon Haigh has been a journalist for almost thirty years, and has written widely on business, sport, both, and neither.
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