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- Published 20170801
- ISBN: 9781925498417
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook
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Justin Gleeson
Justin Gleeson SC was the Solicitor-General of Australia from 2012–16. This essay is an edited version of his PEN lecture, ‘The Threat to Freedom...
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