The living subject

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  • Published 20110906
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  • Extent: 264 pp
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‘BUT COULD YOU do it warts and all?’

When in 2002 Michael Kirby greeted my proposal for a biography with this response – in writing, very helpful for lawyers and historians – I was doubly sure this was the makings of a great life story.

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