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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Gross Moral Turpitude : The Orr Case Reconsidered
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'A reassessment of the case of Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, who was dismissed in 1956 for allegedly seducing a female student. His dismissal provoked extensive debate on intellectual freedom.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Exhibitions

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann Australia , 1993 .
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      Extent: xiv, 238p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes index
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 0855614579
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730695
Alternative title: Seduction and Consent : A Case of Gross Moral Turpitude
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1994 .
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      Extent: xxi, 254p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes index
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 1863303960

Works about this Work

Found Stories of History Christopher Bantick , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 March 1997; (p. C11)
Campus (Sexual) Politics Mandy Leveratt , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 6 no. 1 1994; (p. 25-26)

— Review of Gross Moral Turpitude : The Orr Case Reconsidered Cassandra Pybus , 1993 single work non-fiction
Small Triumph for Criticism? James Grieve , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 November 1994; (p. C11)

— Review of Gross Moral Turpitude : The Orr Case Reconsidered Cassandra Pybus , 1993 single work non-fiction
Small Triumph for Criticism? James Grieve , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 November 1994; (p. C11)

— Review of Gross Moral Turpitude : The Orr Case Reconsidered Cassandra Pybus , 1993 single work non-fiction
Campus (Sexual) Politics Mandy Leveratt , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 6 no. 1 1994; (p. 25-26)

— Review of Gross Moral Turpitude : The Orr Case Reconsidered Cassandra Pybus , 1993 single work non-fiction
Found Stories of History Christopher Bantick , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 March 1997; (p. C11)
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