Preface

• Author: Albert Fiadjoe
• Profession: Professor of Public Law at the University of the West Indies and a former Dean of Law
• Pages: 13-14

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PREFACE

Our collective decision to record for posterity the life and times of

Phillip Telford Georges was motivated singularly by the unique and

significant contribution which he has made to the legal landscape of

the Caribbean region, in particular, and the common law world, at

large.

As Chief Justice of Tanzania, Zimbabwe and the Bahamas, the

judicial record of Telford Georges is unsurpassed in the Commonwealth,

to the best of our knowledge. His story is unique and his contribution

stupendous. So, the story had to be told.

The rapid transformation of Caribbean societies over the decades

has found its roots, in part, in the evolution of the legal system. Jurists

like Phillip Telford Georges have been key players and foot soldiers in

this social revolution. Today, Caribbean societies are moving apace

from government to governance, from a free trade area regime to a

Caribbean Single Market and Economy, and proceeding eventually to

the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice. In an unknown

future, the lessons of the past provide good armour against the

vicissitudes of life. Philip Telford Georges’s story provides us with the

intellectual armor to withstand any seismic shocks.

So, this book has ben written in a conversational style, especially

with the lay reader in mind.

Chapter 1 is an essay on the early years.

Chapter 2 provides interesting insights into the Trinidadian years.

Chapter 3 tells the story of the Tanzanian Years during which Phillip

Telford Georges worked in a One-Party state but seemed to have loved

and enjoyed it.