Frank & Fearless
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-637-7 (ISBN)
When I walked through the office door each day, I knew that almost every decision I made would make someone unhappy…
In Frank & Fearless Nicholas Cowdery QC takes us behind the scenes of the toughest cases that defined his 16 ½ years as the Director of Public Prosecutions for New South Wales. The headline-grabbing cases of Gordon Wood, Keli Lane and Christopher Gilham (tried for the 1992 murder of his brother and parents) are examined with forensic precision, along with the DPP’s decision not to prosecute artist Bill Henson and members of The Chaser. During his tenure, Cowdery was also well-known for his support for realistic drug and death with dignity laws, and for the need to decriminalise abortion.
Frank & Fearless is a gripping and forthright account of the difficult and often contentious decisions Nicholas Cowdery made to maintain the rule of law during his time as a gatekeeper of the criminal justice system.
Nicholas Cowdery AM QC was the Director of Public Prosecutions for New South Wales (known as the DPP) from 1994 to 2011. Previously he had been a barrister since 1971, working in Papua New Guinea and at the Sydney Bar. Since then he has focused on helping developing countries improve the rule of law, especially through professional prosecution systems, and giving advice on how to maintain the rule of law in Australia. Nick is a University of New South Wales visiting professorial fellow. Rachael Jane Chin (LLB, BA, University of Adelaide) practised as a lawyer before becoming a non-fiction writer. Her first book, Nice Girl: The story of Keli Lane and her missing baby Tegan, was published in 2011. From 2002 to 2004 she was employed as a journalist by the Australian Financial Review.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Sydney, NSW |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 368 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-74223-637-5 / 1742236375 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-74223-637-7 / 9781742236377 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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