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Sir Charles Lilley : premier 1868-1870 and second chief justice 1879-1893 of Queensland / J.M. Bennett, A.M., M.A. (Macquarie), D. Litt. (A.N.U.), LL.D., Hon. D. Litt. (Sydney), F.A.A.L. ; foreword, the Honourable Paul de Jersey, A.C., Chief Justice of Queensland 1998-2014, Governor-Designate of Queensland 2014.

By:

Bennett, John Michael [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Lives of the Australian chief justicesPublisher: Annandale, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2014Description: xvii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1862879540
9781862879546

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

347.943014092 23

LOC classification:

KU110.L55 B46 2014

Contents:

1. "What a Radical He was Cherishing" -- 2. "I Came Poor and Unbefriended" -- 3. Editorial Themes -- 4. "His Views are Strongly Liberal" -- 5. "The Coming Man" -- 6. A Militia Bill - "Perfectly Uncalled For" -- 7. "No Gentleman had Higher Claims" -- 8. "Criminations and Recriminations" -- 9. "Fighting Hard Battles" -- 10. "In Opposition, One of the Most Valuable Members" -- 11. "The Ministry Obtained Their Position by Fraud" -- 12. The Lilley Court -- 13. Some Causes Célèbres -- 14. The Court and the Legal Profession -- 15. Storm Clouds Gathering -- 16. The Tempest -- 17. A Troubled Retirement and Reluctant Departure -- 18. Reserved Judgement.

Summary: "J M Bennett's new biography shows the mercurial figure of Lilley to be one of the giants of colonial Australia, a politician who took on the squatter class and forced democratic reform, earning the enduring, virulent hatred of his opponents; a Chief Justice of brilliant calibre until his one disastrous mistake."--Publisher's website.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"J M Bennett's new biography shows the mercurial figure of Lilley to be one of the giants of colonial Australia, a politician who took on the squatter class and forced democratic reform, earning the enduring, virulent hatred of his opponents; a Chief Justice of brilliant calibre until his one disastrous mistake."--Publisher's website.

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