John Jefferson Bray
a vigilant life
$129.89
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2015
Summary
In March 1967 South Australian Premier Don Dunstan appointed his States most outstanding barrister as Chief Justice. In public Brays appointment brought barely a ripple but in the murky waters of Adelaides 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 and the early retirement of Bray. After his successful defence of Rupert Murdochs News in 1960, in a sed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922235619 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 192223561X |
| Author: | John Emerson |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 170mm |
| Series: | Biography |
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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 CMGAbout The Author
John Emerson
John Emerson is Visiting Research Fellow with the University of Adelaide Law School and the founding Director of the University of Adelaide Press. He has previously published The History of the Independent Bar in South Australia and First Among Equals: Chief Justices of South Australia since Federation and dozens of articles on the history of the legal profession. He holds a Master’s Degree in Cinema from the University of Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a PhD in French from the University of Adelaide.
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