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Lord Devlin / Justice John Sackar.
Van Pelt Library KD632.D48 S23 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sackar, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Devlin, Patrick, Baron, 1905-1992.
- Devlin, Patrick.
- Judges--Great Britain--Biography.
- Judges.
- Great Britain.
- Lawyers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; London ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Hart, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Lord Devlin was a leading lawyer of his generation. Moreover, he was one of the most recognised figures in the judiciary, thanks to his role in the John Bodkin Adams trial and the Nyasaland Commission of Inquiry. It is hard then to believe that he retired as a Law Lord at a mere 58 years of age. This important book looks at the life, influences and impact of this most important judicial figure. Starting with his earliest days as a school boy before moving on to his later years, the author draws a compelling picture of a complex, brilliant man who would shape not just the law but society more generally in post-war Britain"-- Provided by the publisher.
- Contents:
- Ab Ovo
- God's house
- The early years in the law
- A relentless workload
- The celebrity
- friends across the Atlantic
- Up a notch
- Darkest Africa
- The return to normality?
- Appellate life
- Not quite the wilderness
- New challenges and the enemy within
- Revenge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sackar, Justice John. Lord Devlin.
- ISBN:
- 9781509923700
- 1509923705
- OCLC:
- 1099209562
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