Built For Justice: Visits To Old North Island Courthouses

Author: Terry Carson

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  • : 59.99 NZD
  • : 9780473230821
  • : Alibi Press
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  • : 01 January 2013
  • : 230x230mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : 50.0
  • : 01 February 2013
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  • : Terry Carson
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  • : 725.1509931
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Barcode 9780473230821
9780473230821

Description

Built for Justice tells the story behind 61 old North Island courthouse buildings. Designed and typeset by award winning book designer Anna Egan-Reid, Built for Justice is an attractive hard cover, 176 page book, illustrated with 90 colour images and fifteen black and white. The book through photographs, historical research, newspaper reports and anecdotes takes an entertaining social history look at the role of courthouses in small town New Zealand.

Author description

Terry Carson is a retired Barrister and Solictor with a keen interest in New Zealand history, who now writes full time. Built for Justice, the result of almost four years of research is his fourth book, and most ambitious work to date. He has also written legal columns and articles for a number of publications.