| ISBN |
9781742235370 |
| 1742235379 |
| Author |
Edwards, P. G. (Peter Geoffrey), 1945- (author) |
| Title |
Law, politics and intelligence : a life of Robert Hope / Peter Edwards. |
| Portion of title |
Life of Robert Hope |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020. |
| ©2020. |
| Description |
xiii, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Robert Marsden Hope (1919-1999), a NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations and doctrines of Australia's 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 Australia's 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."--Publisher website. |
| Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 374-380. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Page 7, Marsdens and Hopes, Hassalls and Clarks -- Chapter 2 Page 21, Student and soldier -- Chapter 3 Page 40, Barrister and lecturer -- Chapter 4 Page 60, Civil liberties and appointment to the Supreme Court -- Chapter 5 Page 71, The Supreme Court -- Chapter 6 Page 94, Committeeman and chancellor -- Chapter 7 Page 108, The Committee of Inquiry on the National Estate -- Chapter 8 Page 122, The High Court, Yarralumla and the Dismissal -- Chapter 9 Page 138, The Royal Commission of Intelligence and Security -- Chapter 10 Page 179, The report of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security -- Chapter 11 Page 202, The Hilton Hotel bombing and the Protective Security Review -- Chapter 12 Page 210, The Appeal Court judge -- Chapter 13 Page 229, Off the beach: University, heritage, theatre, music -- Chapter 14 Page 243, The decade of intelligence -- Chapter 15 Page 258, The Royal Commission on Australia's Security and Intelligence Agencies: the 'Combe-Ivanov affairs' and the Sheraton Hotel incident --Chapter 16 Page 282, The RCASIA: the 'judicial audit' of the intelligence agencies -- Chapter 17 Page 300, The last years on and off the bench -- Chapter 18 Page 321, The legacy. |
| Summary |
Robert Marsden Hope (1919-99), a NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations and doctrines of Australia's 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 Australia's 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. |
| Subjects |
Hope, Robert Marsden, -- 1919-1999 |
| New South Wales. -- Supreme Court |
| Judges -- Australia -- Biography |
| Judges -- New South Wales -- Biography |
| Political science |
| Intelligence service -- Australia -- History |
| Security sector |
| Law -- Australia |
| Courts -- Australia |
| Call number |
2022.261 |
