I Like A Clamour (Hardcover)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2017

1760020869 / 9781760020866

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Hardcover. The controversial career of John Walpole Willis is re-evaluated in the first comprehensive study of his legal career. Willis, the fifth judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, served in three colonies, and in each place he wrestled with the role of the law in a rapidly-changing society. In Upper Canada, he confronted the colony's transition from an oligarchy into a nascent democracy; in his next posting, in British Guyana, he was responsible for helping the colony implement, and absorb the consequences of, the abolition of slavery. New South Wales, his final posting, presented unique legal problems as it evolved from a penal colony into a free settlement, and the new settlement at Port Phillip began to grow.\nTo these troubled societies, Judge Willis brought an acute legal mind and a stormy personality he was twice dismissed from his post by the local Governor. Earlier studies have tended to view him either as a wronged genius or a vain, deranged misfit. Max Bonnell, an experienced lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Law at Sydney University, has rediscovered Willis as a contradictory figure Australia's first activist judge, who was nonetheless a stickler for the letter of the law; the author of several remarkably humane and enlightened judgments, who was capable of endorsing appalling cruelty; and a man who insisted upon decorum and propriety, yet was undone by his own conspicuous failures of self-control.\nWillis story was ripe for the telling, its central protagonist is a character of colour and drama who attracted many a cause celebre. As one journalist of the time recorded, as there was no theatre in town, Judge Willis was reckoned to be as good as a play. Maxs book is also peppered with amusing titbits from history, from the unlikely first train accident to Willis family connection to Queen Elizabeth II. While the facts alone paint a fascinating picture, this book is not just a recital of facts; it is accompanied by regular and incisive analysis, a credit to the authors perceptiveness and ability. This is the first detailed biographical study of John Walpole Willis. It explores the turbulent life and career of one of the most controversial, yet significant, colonial judges of the 19th century - the fifth judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
I Like A Clamour (Hardcover)
Auteur
Max Bonnell
Éditeur
Federation Press, Annandale, NSW
Année de publication
2017
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1760020869
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781760020866

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