BOOK : J.John SACKAR, Lord Devlin (Hart Publishing, 2020)

 

(Source : bloomsburyprofessional.com)

 

 

 

 The author, Justice John Sackar is a judge at the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

ABOUT THE BOOK : Lord Devlin was a leading lawyer of his generation. Moreover, he was one of the most recognised figures in the judiciary, thanks to his role in the John Bodkin Adams trial and the Nyasaland Commission of Inquiry. It is hard then to believe that he retired as a Law Lord at a mere 58 years of age. This important book looks at the life, influences and impact of this most important judicial figure. Starting with his earliest days as a schoolboy before moving on to his later years, the author draws a compelling picture of a complex, brilliant man who would shape not just the law but society more generally in post-war Britain.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS :

1. Ab Ovo
2. God's House
3. The Early Years in the Law
4. A Relentless Workload
5. The Celebrity
6. Friends Across the Atlantic
7. Up a Notch
8. Darkest Africa
9. The Return to Normality?
10. Appellate Life
11. Not Quite the Wilderness
12. New Challenges and the Enemy Within
13. Revenge