Sir garfield barwick biography examples
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Autobiography of Garfield Barwick
Biography
by Alex Castles•
October 1995, no. 175
A Radical Tory: Garfield Berwick’s reflections and recollections by Garfield Barwick
The Federation Press, $49.95hb 330pp
Biography
by Alex Castles•
October 1995, no. 175
The intellectual and other cultural divides between New South Wales and Victoria that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century are among the most intriguing features of Australian history. Evidence of their continuing influence on law and politics in more recent times provide the most significant aspect of this autobiography by Sir Garfield Barwick.
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Alex Castles was an Emeritus Professor of Law of Adelaide University and coauthor of a State constitutional and legal history, Law Makers and Wayward Whigs.
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Barwick, Garfield
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David Marr wrote a most powerful biography bringing to life Australia’s most powerful and controversial Chief Justice. Sir Richard Kirby called it ‘The best biography written by an Australian; the best biography written about an Australian.’
One can not ignore the profound influence Evan Whitton has imbued on Australian legal journalism from the 1960’s. Often a lone voice, crying in the wilderness, his fearless, but grounded scrutiny of the bastions of unwarranted privilege and prestige has been intrepid and unrelenting. His edifying spirit lives on into eternity.
For forty years Sir Garfield Barwick stood at the centre of power in Australia. He was an advocate who saved the private banks from Chifley and fought to destroy the Communist Party. He was the Attorney-General who reformed the divorce laws and the Foreign Minister who put Australian troops in Vietnam. He was the Chief Justice who broke down the tax laws, dramatically advanced the power of Canberra and gave Sir John Kerr the constitutional imprimatur to dismiss the Whitlam government.
Marr’s Barwick is the portrait of a complex and driven man who began life in the Sydney slums, a man totally committed to the exercise of power and utterly certain of the