Sir Archibald Burt: First Chief Justice of Western Australia 1861-1879 by JM Bennett, foreword by Sir Francis Burt

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on inside front cover. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear. Previous owner's stamp 'Hon. Justice Miller' is on half-title page.

Archibald Paull Burt, "reputed to be the ablest lawyer in the West Indies", arrived in Western Australia in 1861 at the age of 50 when bureaucratic disputes blocked his preferment in the Caribbean.

He advised the government on the need for a Supreme Court with comprehensive jurisdiction and helped put that and many other legal and constitutional changes into place. He was appointed the colony's first Chief Justice, and until his death in 1879, he was the Colony's sole judge.

Part of the Lives of Australian Chief Justices series.