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Read [Helena Kennedy Book] ^ Just Law: The Changing Face of Justice - And Why it Matters to Us All Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Just Law: The Changing Face of Justice - And Why it Matters to Us All Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. She argues that in the last twenty years we have seen a steady erosion of civil liberties, culminating today in extraordinary legislation that undermines long established freedoms.. Here she roundly challenges the record of modern governments over the fundamental values of equality, fairness and respect for human dignity]
| Title | : | Just Law: The Changing Face of Justice - And Why it Matters to Us All |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0099458330 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
"Remarkable - a passionate, cogent and eloquent defence of the idea of law as the framework for a just society Vitally important" Financial Times "Highly readable Startlingly topical" Sunday Telegraph "Powerful and prescient" Daily Telegraph "This is a good book, well-written, pacey and to the point" Sunday Times "Admirable Without Helena Kennedy's passionate defence of the rule of law we might be completely in the hands of an uncaring government" Daily Mail
William Podmore said Excellent study of Blair's growing authoritarianism. In this profound and thoughtful book, Baroness Kennedy defends civil society against the Blair government's growing authoritarianism. She covers a huge range of topics, approaching each with a well-argued point of view. She is never neutral, but never dogmatic either.On international law, she passionately upholds Britain's common law against the `fallacious ideas that a new hybrid should be created, marrying up European civil law approaches to our common law system without any thought as to the consequences'. She notes that the attack on and occupation of Iraq breached international law, and that the government sought th. Bernadette Hackett said Five Stars. wonderful!
She is a bencher of Gray's Inn and President of the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is chair of Justice - the British arm of the International Commission of Jurists. She was the chair of Charter 88 from 1992 to 1997, the Human Genetics Commission from 1998 to 2007 and the British Council from 1998 to 2004. . Her most recent book is Just
Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. She argues that in the last twenty years we have seen a steady erosion of civil liberties, culminating today in extraordinary legislation that undermines long established freedoms.. Here she roundly challenges the record of modern governments over the fundamental values of equality, fairness and respect for human dignity
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