Geoffrey Robertson
Forfatter af The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
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Geoffrey Robertson QC deplore this hypocrisy and, in An Inconvenient Genocides, the renowned human right lawyer proves beyond reasonable doubt that the horrific avents in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constitute the crime against humanity that is today known as genocide. His justly celebrated powers vis mere of advocacy are on full display as he condemns all those who try to justify the mass murder of children and civilians in the name of military necessity or religious fervour. vis mindre
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Værker af Geoffrey Robertson
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold (2005) 360 eksemplarer
Geoffrey Robertson's hypotheticals : dramatisation of the moral dilemmas of the 80s (1986) 31 eksemplarer
Reluctant Judas : the life and death of the Special Branch informer Kenneth Lennon (1976) 8 eksemplarer
Obscenity : an account of censorship laws and their enforcement in England and Wales (1979) 3 eksemplarer
The Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran, 1988: Report of an Inquiry Conducted by Geoffrey Robertson QC (2011) 2 eksemplarer
/The Levellers: The Putney Debates 1 eksemplar
The Justice System 1 eksemplar
'The Edge of Obscenity' in ALR 5/10, Nov 2010 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Robertson, Geoffrey
- Juridisk navn
- Robertson, Geoffrey Ronald
- Andre navne
- Robertson, Geoff
Robertson, G. R. - Fødselsdato
- 1946-09-30
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- male
- Nationalitet
- Australia (birth)
UK - Land (til kort)
- Australia
UK - Fødested
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Bopæl
- London, England, UK
- Uddannelse
- University of Sydney (BA, LLB Hons)
University of Oxford
University of Sydney
Epping Boys' High School - Erhverv
- human rights lawyer
judge
academic
author
broadcaster - Relationer
- Lette, Kathy (wife)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Queen's Counsel (1988)
- Kort biografi
- Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born 30 September 1946) is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.
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Charles 1 raged civil war that cost 1 in 10 English people their lives. In 1649 parliament had trouble finding a lawyer with skill and daring to prosecute a king who was above the law. Which lead to England becoming a republic.
Cooke believing in the law was before his time. He brought in the right to silence, the right to work pro bono and eliminate cab ranking for advocacy.
Charles 1 did not recognise the courts authority to try him and wouldn't plead guilty or not this leaving no choose in his fate.
Geoffrey Robinson forensic intelligence penetrates where professional historians have not reached.… (mere)