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1 online resource (492 pages) |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Blood of Scotland; 2 War and peace; 3 Practice at the Bar; 4 Judgment days; 5 Head of state; 6 Environments white and green; 7 No surrender in Ulster; 8 Judgment at The Hague, misjudgment in Dhaka; 9 Centenary agendas and bad blood; 10 What to do with the Khmer Rouge?; 11 Into the Jungles of Burma; 12 The right side of fortune; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
One life, many roles: soldier, brilliant barrister, High Court judge, Governor-General, Australian diplomat, mediator in Northern Ireland, member of the first war crimes tribunal since Nuremburg and Tokyo, head of UN and Commonwealth missions to crisis zones from Cambodia to Burma to Bangladesh, Sir Ninian Stephen is the recipient of five knighthoods and the most honoured Australian in history - and yet precisely because so much of his work was international it has rarely received the notice it deserves in his home country. In this, the first whole-of-life biography of the subject, Philip Ayr |
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Australia. High Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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Australia. High Court fast |
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Judges -- Australia -- Biography
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Lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
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Governors general -- Australia -- Biography
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Statesmen -- Australia -- Biography
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Courts -- Australia -- Officials and employees
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Courts -- Officials and employees
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Employees
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Governors general
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Judges
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Lawyers
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Politics and government
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Statesmen
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1976-1990
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Biography
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780522862089 |
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052286208X |
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