Australia, High Court, Biography, Judges 

Graham Fricke takes the reader 'behind the purple curtain'. He reveals the human face of the High Court in twenty-two profiles of its former members, all sturdy individualists and each in some way remarkable.  

Content:
Part One: The Old Firm, 1. 'Damn Sam Griffith': the Renaissance man -- 2. Edmund Barton: the concurring judge -- 3. Richard O'Connor: the gentle judge -- Part Two: The Judicial twins, 4. Isaac Isaacs: the colloguing centralist -- 5. Henry higginsL a minority of one -- Part Three: Billy Hughes's Appointments -- 6. Frank Gavan Duffy: fair, fast and fun-loving -- 7. Charles Powers: the Bundaberg solicitor -- 8. Albert Piddington: the hihg court judge who never sat -- 9. George Rich: the weather vane -- 10. Adrian Knox: patrician chief -- 11. Hayden Starke: wigless and blunt -- Part Four: Elevations During the Depression -- 12. Owen Dixon: the master conductor -- 13. Herbert Evatt: the judicial willy-willy -- 14. John Latham: grey of mien and garb -- 15. Dudley Williams: the lawyer's lawyer -- 16. William Webb: the tangled weaving of his carer -- 17. Wilfred Fullagar: the scholarly judge -- 18. Alan Taylor: down-to-earth man -- 19. Douglas Menzies: the prime minister's cousin -- Part Six: The Intruder's Subordinates, 20. William Owen: silvertail clubman -- 21. Cyril Walsh: last of the stuff-gownsmen -- 22. Keith Aickin: the ultimate sexagenarian.  

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
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