Sir Francis Forbes: First Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1823-1837 by J M Bennett
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Sir Francis Forbes: First Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1823-1837 by J M Bennett

TBM9781862874084
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ISBN: 9781862874084
Author: J M Bennett
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Federation Press
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2001
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192 pages
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at top edge and at spine. Interior and binding are excellent.

Much has been written about Sir Francis Forbes, first Chief Justice of NSW (1823-1837) and the first to be appointed to the office of Chief Justice in Australia. Because he was responsible for introducing the rule of law in a colony still preoccupied with the reception and reformation of British convicts, he collided with many of the leaders of the limited free society.

Although he led a life of scrupulous detachment from the community, apart from his enforced and sometimes embarrassing membership of the Legislative Council, he was unsparingly and wrongly criticised for favouring the convict class. Those and other criticisms have persisted and been expanded over the years.

This study seeks to correct their misconceptions and misinterpretations. Forbes did not arrive in NSW as a judicial novice. He had been chief Justice of Newfoundland and a Crown Law Officer in Bermuda.

This book gives closer attention to those early years than has any previous account, as his reputation for probity and ability, already well established before he came to Sydney, was the antithesis of the bad character attributed to him by his enemies in Australia.

A review of his awkward relations with the headstrong Governor Darling and of the peculiar difficulties confronting Forbes in establishing Australia's first superior court is also offered. (book flap)

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