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J. M. Bennett J. M. Bennett i(A94561 works by) (a.k.a. John Michael Bennett)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Dr Bennett, a solicitor and barrister, taught law at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. He was a Senior Research Fellow at The Australian National University in the Research School of Social Sciences. He was Editor-in-Chief of the 2nd and the 3rd editions of The Australian Digest, and editor of Australian Law Journal Reports. His other major publications include A History of the Supreme Court of NSW (1974) and A History of Solicitors in NSW (1984).

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2020 recipient Order of Australia — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) For distinguished service to the law through prolific authorship of biographies of eminent members of the legal profession.
2005 Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For service to the law, particularly in recording Australian legal history and as a biographer of eminent members of the legal profession
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