The Tyrannicide Brief
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0099459191 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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What makes the book especially illuminating are the parallels with modern practice A work of great compassion and, at a time when it seems to be fashionable for politicians to denigrate lawyers, an essential read for anyone who believes in the fearless independence of the law.”–The Times“Robertson’s forensic intelligence can penetrate where professional historians have not yet reached.”–Literary Review“A work of literary advocacy as elegant, impassioned and original as any the author can ever have laid before a court.”–The ObserverFrom the Hardcover edition.. More important, he has s
He was involved in the cases against General Pinochet and Hastings Banda and in the training of judges for the trial of Saddam Hussein. Born in Australia, he now lives in London.From the Hardcover edition.. Geoffrey Robertson is a leading human rights lawyer and a UN war-crimes judge who has won landmark rulings on civil liberties from the highest courts in Britain, Europe, and the British Commonwealth. Robertson is the author of Crimes Against Humanity, which has been an
Speaking Truth to Power at a Horrible Cost Edward Patrick Flaherty Along with Dickens' Bleak House, this book is a must read for all common law lawyers and those who aspire to join the profession (to be read after Bleak House!!). It is a riveting story unto itself, describing the first piercing (and the last for another 300 years) of the shield of sovereign immunity by a low-born, commoner barrister whose courage, character and conviction allowed him to face down and bring to book one of the most brutal dictators of his day, King Charles Stuart I . "A Riveting Read" according to Dizwell. This is a well-told tale of the background to the English Civil Wars of the mid-Seventeenth Century, and of the establishment of the first (and, currently, only) English Republic. Specifically, it recounts the contributions of one John Cooke, who turns out to have been years ahead of his time in lobbying for legal reform, justice for the poor, and professional ethics amongst barristers. Cooke has been something of a footnote in most histories of the period, but Geoffrey Robertson r. Jennifer Cameron-Smith said John Cook[e]: a brave man of principle. I confess: I like the way Geoffrey Robertson thinks and the way he writes even if I don't always agree with his conclusions. This book is a great read. If you can suspend your knowledge of the history (and any associated bias) and look at the events through the perspective of the law, then this is a wonderful fresh look at the legal issues uncovered/exposed by these events.This book is not just about the events of 17th century England. The issues discussed reverberate today in the
In 1649, no lawyer in the country would accept the brief of prosecuting Charles I, except one — John Cook, the bravest of barristers, who was killed as punishment for sending the King to the scaffold.From the Hardcover edition.