Description |
xiv, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Summary |
Geoff Robertson was born in Australia, and came to London in 1970. He made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at the celebrated trial and went on to engage in some of the most newsworthy cases in recent history. He has defended John Stonehouse, Cynthia Payne, Salman Rushdie, Kate Adie, Arthur Scargill, Daniel Sullivan, Gay News, 'The Romans of Britain', 'Niggaz with Attitude', and a pair of foetal earrings. The book includes accounts of recent cases including the defence of a West London gym owner against the Prince of Wales, the Matrix Churchill affair, and the defence of the Guardian in the cash-for-questions affair. Hugely readable, funny, scandalous, revelator, this will become one of the great books about the law |
Analysis |
Cases (Law) |
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Geoffrey Robertson |
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Human rights |
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Justice |
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Overseas item |
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State and the individual |
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Trials |
Notes |
Includes index and bibliographic notes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
Subject |
Robertson, Geoffrey.
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Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee.
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Lawyers -- Biography.
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Trials.
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Capital punishment -- Commonwealth countries.
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Civil rights -- Commonwealth countries.
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Coroners.
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Courts of last resort -- Commonwealth countries.
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Civil rights.
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
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Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
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Law reform -- Great Britain.
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Law -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes.
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Lawyers -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Trials -- Great Britain.
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Trials.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Anecdotes.
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LC no. |
98198447 |
ISBN |
0099581914 (paperback) |
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9780099581918 (paperback) |
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