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Title: Law, Politics & Intelligence: A life of Robert Hope
Author: EDWARDS PETER
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/03/2020
Imprint: NEW SOUTH WALES UNI PRESS
Price: $50.00
Publishing status: Active
Robert Marsden Hope (1919 99), a
NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations and doctrines of
Australia s intelligence agencies more than any other individual.
Commissioned by three Prime Ministers to conduct
major inquiries, including two royal commissions, Justice Hope prescribed the
structures, legislation, operational doctrines, and national and international
arrangements that would ensure Australia had agencies that were effective in
countering threats to its security, while also being fully accountable to the
government, the law and the parliament.
Not just a biography on Hope, Law, Politics and
Intelligence also makes an important contribution to the history of
Australia s environmental policies, adds significantly to the debate on judges
acting as Royal Commissioners, and contains new insights into the appointment
of High Court and Supreme Court judges, as well as the dismissal of the Whitlam
Government.
This landmark biography is a groundbreaking account of the life and times of a man who shaped the way our intelligence agencies have operated for four decades.
Endorsements
In
Peter Edwards this multi-faceted, highly principled, famously charming but
occasionally cantankerous jurist has found the biographer he has long deserved.
This is a comprehensively researched, meticulously fair, lucidly written and
completely absorbing read. Gareth Evans AC QC
Peter
Edwards has written an informative and perceptive account of his life and work.
It is a pleasure to read. Murray Gleeson AC QC
ISBN: 9781742235370
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm