The West Indian lawyer
Subtitle: Keith Sobion
By: Justin Sobion
Publisher: Council of Legal Education, Research Publications and Legal Education Unit
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Jamaica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789766540708
Subjects: Attorneys general; Biography; Lawyers; Trinidad and Tobago; Politics and government; Norman Manley Law School. Law School; Norman Manley Law School
Description: Biography of Keith Sobion (1952-2008) described as "nothing short of an iconic Caribbean man who had a profound affection for the region." He served as Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and later Principal of the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica. This biography reveals his involvement during "the Black Power Movement, his time at the University of the West Indies in Barbados, the 1990 attempted coup d'etat, politics of the time, life in Jamaica and his critical role in promoting regional integration and the Caribbean Court of Justice." A welcome addition to the political history of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.