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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 40 years as a barrister and judge Peter Heerey AM QC has observed and taken part in memorable legal events.\n\nThis book is partly a collection of recollections: a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania.\n\nIt is also a journey into the past and to other lands both real and fictional. Notable historical and legal figures such as Andrew Inglis Clark, Sir Owen Dixon and Abraham Lincoln are profiled. Travels to the American South, Quebec, Vanuatu and Ireland provide the basis for stories that capture the culture, history and personalities of these countries.\n\nSome pieces look at legal issues in literary terms; others the converse, as where The Merchant of Venice is analysed from a commercial, economic and forensic perspective.\n\n With a lawyers eye for detail and a writers keen sense of place and people, Heereys stories will entertain and illuminate. Offers a collection of recollections; a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers' negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 40 years as a barrister and judge Peter Heerey AM QC has observed and taken part in memorable legal events.\n\nThis book is partly a collection of recollections: a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania.\n\nIt is also a journey into the past and to other lands both real and fictional. Notable historical and legal figures such as Andrew Inglis Clark, Sir Owen Dixon and Abraham Lincoln are profiled. Travels to the American South, Quebec, Vanuatu and Ireland provide the basis for stories that capture the culture, history and personalities of these countries.\n\nSome pieces look at legal issues in literary terms; others the converse, as where The Merchant of Venice is analysed from a commercial, economic and forensic perspective.\n\n With a lawyers eye for detail and a writers keen sense of place and people, Heereys stories will entertain and illuminate. Offers a collection of recollections; a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers' negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 40 years as a barrister and judge Peter Heerey AM QC has observed and taken part in memorable legal events.\n\nThis book is partly a collection of recollections: a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania.\n\nIt is also a journey into the past and to other lands both real and fictional. Notable historical and legal figures such as Andrew Inglis Clark, Sir Owen Dixon and Abraham Lincoln are profiled. Travels to the American South, Quebec, Vanuatu and Ireland provide the basis for stories that capture the culture, history and personalities of these countries.\n\nSome pieces look at legal issues in literary terms; others the converse, as where The Merchant of Venice is analysed from a commercial, economic and forensic perspective.\n\n With a lawyers eye for detail and a writers keen sense of place and people, Heereys stories will entertain and illuminate. Offers a collection of recollections; a murder trial, a Privy Council appeal, the leading High Court decision on the liability for barristers' negligence and the cause celebre of Professor Orr and his dismissal by the University of Tasmania. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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