Sir Isaac Isaacs - A Sesquicentenary Reflection  

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Kirby, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Melbourne University Law Review vol. 29 no. 3 (Dec. 2005), page 880-904.
Topik: reflection; sesquicentenary; reflection

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Sir Isaac Isaacs stares at us from his photograph taken a century ago. In the sesquicentenary of his birth, we remember him as one of the most brilliant graduates of the Melbourne Law School ; a highly successful barrister and law officer ; and a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He went on briefly to become Chief Justice and the first Australian - born Governor - General. His later years were clouded by a dispute in the Jewish community over his opposition to Zionism. But his legal legacy is huge - especially in constitutional law, where his decisions are still of great influence and authority. This biographical article reminds us of Isaacs’ extraordinary career - from humble origins to positions of great power. He had failings and vanities that are not glossed over. Indeed, his faults carry lessons. If such a clever and insightful lawyer could fall victim to attitudes of racism and cultural superiority, how can contemporary lawyers avoid analogous errors of their own era to which they are blind ?

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