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Matters for Judgment: An Autobiography

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  • © 1978

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  1. John Kerr
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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The Consent of the Governed

    • John Kerr
    Pages 1-7

  3. Appointment as Governor-General

    • John Kerr
    Pages 8-24

  4. Childhood and Youth — School, University and Early Post-graduate Life

    • John Kerr
    Pages 25-51

  5. Evatt and the Reserve Powers

    • John Kerr
    Pages 52-68

  6. The Game-Lang Crisis

    • John Kerr
    Pages 69-82

  7. Evatt and Outside Advice

    • John Kerr
    Pages 83-88

  8. War Years and Choices

    • John Kerr
    Pages 89-111

  9. Transition — Return to the Bar

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    Pages 112-125

  10. Post-war Supply Crises; Double Dissolution 1951; Labor Endorsement for Lowe

    • John Kerr
    Pages 126-141

  11. The Great Labor Split of 1954–5; the 1955 Dissolution

    • John Kerr
    Pages 142-157

  12. Return to New Guinea Interests

    • John Kerr
    Pages 158-169

  13. Crowded Years

    • John Kerr
    Pages 170-191

  14. Judicial Life

    • John Kerr
    Pages 192-208

  15. Forsey — the Power of Dismissal and Forced Dissolution; the Rubber Stamp Theory

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    Pages 209-222

  16. The Loan Affair and Justiciable Issues

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    Pages 223-240

  17. July to October 1975

    • John Kerr
    Pages 241-258

  18. The Deferral of Supply

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    Pages 259-290

  19. The Week Before

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    Pages 291-311

  20. Supply — Power to Deny, Responsibility to Obtain

    • John Kerr
    Pages 312-328
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Matters for Judgment: An Autobiography

  • Authors: John Kerr

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81403-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-81403-9Published: 25 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 468

  • Topics: Australasian History, Political History

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