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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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text file |
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Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Family Tree; In the Beginning; Formative Years; Forming a Farmers' Union; My Search for a Parliamentary Seat; Elected MP for Aberavon; Entering the House of Commons; Working with my Fellow Welsh MPs; The Steelworks; My First Junior Office at the Ministry of Power; Ministry of Transport (1966-1968); The Ministry of Defence (1968-1970); Ideas for Devolution (1964-1970); Secretary of State; In the Welsh Office; Working out our Devolution Proposals; More Powers for Wales; The Cathays Powerhouse; Other Welsh Office work. |
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The Family and Later Years in the Welsh OfficeThe Welsh Language; Preparing to be a Law Officer; Appointed Attorney General; Kosovo; After 1999; New Pastures; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index. |
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The story of one of the few Ministers who served in all four Labour Governments under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. As Attorney General he developed the doctrine of armed intervention in the affairs of another state, Kosovo, without a Security Council Resolution, in order to avert an overwhelming humanitarian disaster and appeared as Counsel before the International Court of Justice to defend the U.K.'s position. As Welsh Secretary he saw his proposals for a Welsh Assembly crushed in a Welsh referendum, commenting "if you see an elephant on your doorstep you know it's there." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Morris, John, 1931 November 5-
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Legislators -- Wales -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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Wales. |
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Biographies.
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Cabinet officers -- Wales -- Biography.
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Cabinet officers. |
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Nobility -- Wales -- Biography.
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Nobility. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aberavon, The Rt Hon Lord Morris of. Fifty Years in Politics and the Law. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, ©2011 9780708324189 |
| ISBN |
9780708324219 electronic book |
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0708324215 electronic book |
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129920175X (e-book) |
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9781299201750 (e-book) |
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