The Statute of Liberty by Geoffrey Robertson - ISBN: 9781741666823
Paperback
Geoffrey Robertson puts the case for an Australian Bill of Rights in a provocative argument for change, which explains that real democracy only exists if politicians give the courts power to defend citizens against abuses of their human rights by governments and public servants.

The Statute of Liberty

How Australians can take back their rights

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2009

Summary

The case for giving Australians back their rights, brilliantly argued by Geoffrey Robertson.The case for giving Australians back their rights, brilliantly argued by Geoffrey Robertson.The Australian people emerged from a polyglot mixture of nationalities and other races- a kind of human minestrone. Not only a race, but a race apart, thanks to the kindness of distance. What distinctive moral vision have we attained from the struggles and sacrifices of our forebears? If we are to preserve the p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781741666823
ISBN-10:1741666821
Author:Geoffrey Robertson
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:2 March 2009
Weight:238g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 29mm
About The Author

Geoffrey Robertson

Geoffrey Robertson KC has had a distinguished career as a trial counsel and human rights advocate. He has been a UN war crimes judge, a counsel in many notable Old Bailey trials, has defended hundreds of men facing death sentences in the Caribbean, and has won landmark rulings on civil liberty from the highest courts in Britain, Europe and the Commonwealth. He is founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, a Master of the Middle Temple, and a visiting professor at the New College of Humanities in London.His book Crimes Against Humanity has been an inspiration for the global justice movement, his other books include Freedom, the Individual and the Law, The Tyrannicide Brief, The Statute of Liberty, Dreaming Too Loud and the acclaimed memoir The Justice Game. He has made many television and radio programmes, notably Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypotheticals, and has won a Freedom of Information award for his writing and broadcasting. In 2011 he received the New York State Bar Association’s Award for ‘Distinction in International Law and Affairs’, and was Australian Humanitarian of the Year in 2014. In 2018 he was awarded an order of Australia (AO) for ‘his distinguished service to the law and the legal profession as an international human rights lawyer and advocate for global civil liberties’.

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