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Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles

A.J. Brown

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Description:The remarkable story of the life and work of Australia's most famous modern judge.This biography charts Michael Kirby's extraordinary public life from his first forays as a student politician in the early 1960s, to his appointments as foundation chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission in 1975, President of the NSW Court of Appeal in 1984, and Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996-2009).Internationally, Kirby has been a leader in law reform and human rights with the OECD, UNESCO, UN Human Rights Commission and the WHO Global Program on AIDS. He is a former world president of the International Commission of Jurists, and in 1993-1996 was the first Australian to serve as a Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights.A J Brown reveals Kirby's difficult and often challenging personal path as judge, public intellectual and gay man. He shows the sharp contrast between Kirby's 30-year love affair with controversial public issues and the reality of a man whose underlying message is deeply traditionalist, that people should have faith in the status quo of political institutions, even the monarchy.He shows also how Kirby's most constant companion, publicity, has been a double-edged sword. Behind his active courtship of an unprecedented judicial profile lay a passion for principles and the social relevance of the law, but it drove him into fierce conflict with the many judges and politicians who questioned whether such celebrity was compatible with judicial life.The slow coming together of his personal, professional and public lives culminates in sharp moments of truth, for Kirby, for powerful institutions, and for a society learning to cope with the challenges of change.The research has included:Exclusive access to over 117 metres of personal and official papers, dating back to the 1940sInterviews with more than 30 of Michael Kirby's closest relatives and colleaguesIndependent research into how falsified records came to be used in Parliament in a direct attack on a High Court judge, andUnprecedented access to the working materials of a High Court judge, including draft judgments and papers normally shredded within judicial chambers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles. To get started finding Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The remarkable story of the life and work of Australia's most famous modern judge.This biography charts Michael Kirby's extraordinary public life from his first forays as a student politician in the early 1960s, to his appointments as foundation chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission in 1975, President of the NSW Court of Appeal in 1984, and Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996-2009).Internationally, Kirby has been a leader in law reform and human rights with the OECD, UNESCO, UN Human Rights Commission and the WHO Global Program on AIDS. He is a former world president of the International Commission of Jurists, and in 1993-1996 was the first Australian to serve as a Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights.A J Brown reveals Kirby's difficult and often challenging personal path as judge, public intellectual and gay man. He shows the sharp contrast between Kirby's 30-year love affair with controversial public issues and the reality of a man whose underlying message is deeply traditionalist, that people should have faith in the status quo of political institutions, even the monarchy.He shows also how Kirby's most constant companion, publicity, has been a double-edged sword. Behind his active courtship of an unprecedented judicial profile lay a passion for principles and the social relevance of the law, but it drove him into fierce conflict with the many judges and politicians who questioned whether such celebrity was compatible with judicial life.The slow coming together of his personal, professional and public lives culminates in sharp moments of truth, for Kirby, for powerful institutions, and for a society learning to cope with the challenges of change.The research has included:Exclusive access to over 117 metres of personal and official papers, dating back to the 1940sInterviews with more than 30 of Michael Kirby's closest relatives and colleaguesIndependent research into how falsified records came to be used in Parliament in a direct attack on a High Court judge, andUnprecedented access to the working materials of a High Court judge, including draft judgments and papers normally shredded within judicial chambers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles. To get started finding Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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