Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith, 9781760022037
Hardcover
Haitian roots, English law, Australian justice: a life of prejudice defied.

Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith

third chief justice of tasmania 1870-1885

$66.39

  • Hardcover

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    11 March 2019

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Summary

The Sable Chief Justice: The Remarkable Life of Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith

Introducing his May it Please Your Honour, a history of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (with Geraldine Byrne, 2005), the eminent Australian historian Geoffrey Bolton wrote that readers would “encounter the law in Western Australia not as a bloodless study … but as a vigorous and lively contributor to the health of a democratic society”.

The present authors confront a similar problem…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760022037
ISBN-10:1760022039
Series:Lives of Australian Chief Justices
Author:J.M. Bennett, R.C. Solomon
Publisher:Federation Press
Imprint:Federation Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:11 March 2019
Weight:0g

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