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.
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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 ...
Geoffrey Robertson made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at that publication's celebrated trial and went on to engage in some of the more newsworthy cases in recent history. The Justice Game presents Robertson's memoirs.
Geoffrey Robertson made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at that publication's celebrated trial and went on to engage in some of the m...
When it was first published in 1999, Crimes Against Humanity called for a radical shift from diplomacy to justice in international affairs. In vivid, non-legalese prose, leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson made a riveting case for holding political and military leaders accountable in international courts for genocide, torture, and mass murder. Since then, fearsome figures such as Charles Taylor, Laurent Gbagbo, and Ratko Mladic have been tried in international criminal court, and a global movement has rallied around the human rights framework of justice. Any such legal...
When it was first published in 1999, Crimes Against Humanity called for a radical shift from diplomacy to justice in international affairs. In ...