| Description |
xiv, 136 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Lives of the Australian Chief Justices |
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Lives of the Australian chief justices.
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| Contents |
1. The making of a judge -- 2. A testing initiation -- 3. Inadequate to give me a decent subsistence -- 4. A misjudged judge -- 5. The trial of the Aborigines : a source of considerable anxiety -- 6. A second judge gained : and lost -- 7. It was impossible to please everybody |
| Summary |
The 5th book in the Lives of Australian Chief Justices series of historical biographies, written by the eminent Dr JM Bennett. Sir Charles Cooper was an English barrister who, though a sound lawyer, had a weak voice and was not successful at the Bar. He sought advancement through colonial service |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cooper, Charles, Sir, 1795-1887
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Cooper, Charles, Sir.
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6446
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Judges -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Cooper, Charles, Sir.
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| LC no. |
2003446882 |
| ISBN |
1862874425 : |
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