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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 On the Edges of History : A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics
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'Michael Sexton has taken part in and recorded some of the most interesting history of Australia’s post-war years. He tells the story here of his major cases as a lawyer, many of them as Solicitor General for New South Wales, and of his long involvement with politics and public administration. He recounts the controversies surrounding some of his own books, in particular his account of the Whitlam government where he worked as a ministerial adviser and his use of secret documents to reveal how Australia forced its way into the Vietnam War in the 1960s. This is a fascinating look at some of modern Australia’s legal, political and literary history.' (Publication summary)

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    • Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,: Connor Court Publishing , 2015 .
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      Extent: 276p.
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      • Publication Date: July 2015
      ISBN: 9781925138641

Works about this Work

The Life of a Political Lawyer J. B. Paul , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July - August vol. 60 no. 7- 8 2016; (p. 62-68)

— Review of On the Edges of History : A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics Michael Sexton , 2015 single work autobiography
Sexton's Pen as Mighty as the Law Angela Browne , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of On the Edges of History : A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics Michael Sexton , 2015 single work autobiography
Sexton's Pen as Mighty as the Law Angela Browne , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of On the Edges of History : A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics Michael Sexton , 2015 single work autobiography
The Life of a Political Lawyer J. B. Paul , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July - August vol. 60 no. 7- 8 2016; (p. 62-68)

— Review of On the Edges of History : A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics Michael Sexton , 2015 single work autobiography
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