A revised and updated edition of Geoffrey Robertson's impassioned, this is an authoritative guide to an issue of massive global importance. He tells the dramatic story of how the human rights idea has come to dominate world politics. He reveals how human rights has penetrated the legal armour of the sovereign State. He sets out, without legal jargon, the rights of humankind in the 21st Century. And he predicts what this movement has in store - not only for tyrants and torturers, but also for the superpowers who still resist the demands for universal justice.
About the Author
Geoffrey Robertson QC has appeared as counsel in landmark human rights cases in British, International and Commonwealth courts. He is Head of Doughty Street Chambers and Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Birkbeck College. His other books include FREEDOM, THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LAW and MEDIA LAW (both in Penguin) and his memoir, THE JUSTICE GAME, was published in 1998. He lives in London.
I loved this book and part of the reason, apart from the subject, is Robertson's writing style. He is able to present complex legal arguments, and the sometimes convoluted history of legal precedents and laws, with such ease that by the end of the book he makes you feel like an expert on the subject. The history he presents here is fascinating, sometimes enraging, and even-handed without sacrificing anything to the power of the state. He examines the Nuremburg trials and reveals both their positives and negatives. A very necessary book that gives an excellent history of the search for global justice and a strong argument that no one, anywhere, in any position, is ever above the law.
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