Law, Politics And Intelligence. A Life Of Robert Hope

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: NewSouth
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 386 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Robert Marsden Hope (1919-99), a NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations, and doctrines of Australias intelligence agencies more than any other individual. Commissioned by three Prime Ministers to conduct major inquiries, including two royal commissions, Justice Hope prescribed the structures, legislation, operational doctrines, and national and international arrangements that would ensure Australia had agencies that were effective in countering threats to its security, while also being fully accountable to the government, the law, and the parliament. Not just a biography on Hope, Law, Politics and Intelligence also makes an important contribution to the history of Australias environmental policies, adds significantly to the debate on judges acting as Royal Commissioners, and contains new insights into the appointment of High Court and Supreme Court judges, as well as the dismissal of the Whitlam Government. This landmark biography is a groundbreaking account of the life and times of a man who shaped the way our intelligence agencies have operated for four decades.

ISBN: 9781742235370