Watching Out
Reflections on Justice and Injustice
Published on 2. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-947534-40-7 (ISBN)
Description
Noted barrister and human-rights advocate Julian Burnside explains the origins of the Australian legal system, looks at the way it operates in practice, and points out ways in which it does and doesn't run true to its ultimate purposes. Watching Out is a beacon of legal liberalism in an intemperate age.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947534-40-7 (9781947534407)
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Person
Julian Burnside, QC, is an Australian barrister who specialises in commercial litigation and is also deeply involved in human-rights work, in particular in relation to refugees. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria, and is also passionately involved in the arts: he is the chair of Melbourne arts venue fortyfivedownstairs, and regularly commissions music. He has published a children's book, Matilda and the Dragon, as well as Wordwatching, a collection of essays on the uses and abuses of the English language, and Watching Brief: reflections on human rights, law, and justice.