{"product_id":"2026200018357-secondhand-matters-for-judgment-an-autobiography","title":"Matters For Judgment: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew moments in Australian political history have proven as explosive and enduring as the constitutional crisis of November 1975, and no figure remains more central — or more controversial — to that seismic rupture than Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor government. Matters for Judgment is Kerr's own account of his life and career, chronicling his rise from humble beginnings through the ranks of the legal profession to the highest vice-regal office in the land, culminating in the fateful decision that would define his legacy and reshape Australian democracy forever.\n\nWritten with the measured authority of a man trained in the law and acutely conscious of history's gaze, this autobiography presents Kerr's personal justification for the actions that stunned a nation and ignited a debate that continues to smoulder decades later. His prose is precise and deliberate, arguing his case with the forensic care of a barrister determined to set the record straight, yet the very defensiveness of his narrative inadvertently illuminates the extraordinary pressures bearing down on the office of Governor-General. For readers drawn to the intersection of law, power, and democratic principle, Matters for Judgment remains an indispensable — and deeply contested — primary document of modern Australian history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948314267867,"sku":"2026200018357-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0a18baac-98a5-4c1c-ad57-91f6968ab63f.png?v=1793104563","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018357-secondhand-matters-for-judgment-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}