| Description |
viii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Early life -- 2. Leaving home -- 3. The rise of Leo ... and Murray -- 4. The university years -- 5. Learning the law -- 6. On the job -- 7. A partner for life -- 8. Stress takes its toll -- 9. No looking back -- 10. Faith and fidelity -- 11. Ritual and routine -- 12. From the bottom of the harbour -- 13. Breaking away -- 14. A party man? -- 15. In the limelight -- 16. In the backroom -- 17. Get Gleeson -- 18. The sexiest man I ever met -- 19. An extinct argument -- 20. Blink and miss -- 21. Follow the leader -- 22. The smiler -- 23. To the Bench -- 24. Street's red hot potato -- 25. Getting down to business -- 26. Sitting in judgment -- 27. No limit to evil -- 28. Speaking his mind -- 29. On High -- 30. A helping hand -- 31. The home front -- 32. Settling in -- 33. High and mighty -- 34. The PR guy -- 35. The vibe -- 36. A liberal in disguise? -- 37. Murderers and terrorists -- 38. Who's responsible? -- 39. A court scandalised -- 40. Still in the game |
| Summary |
Courtroom tactician, a Basilisk, devastating in reply, intimidating and intense. Murray Gleeson has been described as many things, but his grim work persona gave him the label that stuck -- The Smiler. Born in a small country town in NSW, Gleeson became the nation's top barrister and its leading judge. In a legal career spanning over 50 years, he had a ringside seat for political, legal and social events that shaped Australia -- the final separation from Mother England, legalised abortion, the dismissal of the Whitlam government, the Tasmanian Dams Case, the Fine Cotton substitution, the scandalous attack on Justice Michael Kirby, the war on terrorism, prisoners' right to vote and the detention of refugees. The Smiler draws on more than 100 interviews with the man himself and his family, friends and judicial colleagues, including those who sat with him on the High Court. It is an unprecedented insight into a legend of the Australian legal system |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Biography |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Gleeson, Murray |
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High Court chief justices |
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History (Australia) |
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Law (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Gleeson, Murray, 1938-
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Australia. High Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Australia. High Court -- Officials and employees.
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"The Nib" Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2014)
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Judges -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2014431949 |
| ISBN |
9781862879607 |
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