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Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Category: History | Series: Popular Penguins
Geoffrey Robertson's Crimes Against Humanity is a superb and highly influential account of the history of the human rights movement up to the present day. From the French Revolution and the Nuremberg trials to 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, Robertson traces the developing concept of human rights and sho ...Show more
Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
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This work explains, without legal jargon, exactly what the rules of international human rights are and what they should be; how they have developed and in what courts and tribunals they may be asserted and vindicated.
Crimes Against Humanity : The Struggle for Global Justice (3rd edition 2006) by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Category: History
PRE LOVED - In this fresh edition of the book which has inspired the global justice movement, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder - the crimes against humanity that have disfigured the world. He shows how human ...Show more
Dreaming Too Loud by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Category: Languages and Reference
Christopher Hitchens described Geoffrey Robertson as 'the greatest living Australian' and the satirical magazine Private Eye calls him 'an Australian who has had a vowel transplant'. Just before he was to cross-examine Princess Diana, the London Times complained that he was 'anti-establishment, republic ...Show more
Media Law by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Category: Reference
Covers legal developments affecting journalists and broadcasters. This title includes coverage of various areas of media law, detailing the position on defamation, obscenity, official secrecy, copyright and confidentiality, contempt of court and protection of privacy. It also covers the regulation of fi ...Show more
Mullahs Without Mercy Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons (1st Edition) by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Category: Military
Geoffrey Robertson QC explains how to avoid war in the Middle East and a catastrophic nuclear disaster. - What is worse: Iran getting the bomb or America bombing Iran? - Will our children ever live in a world without nuclear weapons? - Can states that mass-murder their own people be trusted with a weapo ...Show more
The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse by Geoffrey Robertson QC
Category: Philosophy and Religion
THE CASE OF THE POPEdelivers a devasting indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should h ...Show more
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson QC
Category: POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT
There have been dozens of books about the Russian President since he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Some have examined the historical aspects of the conflict, others have analysed its military and geopolitical importance. However, none so far have looked purely at the legal c ...Show more
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