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The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse by Geoffrey Robertson QC
Category: Non-Fiction
THE CASE OF THE POPEdelivers a devasting indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should h ...Show more
The Justice Game by Geoffrey Robertson
Category: True Crime
"Geoff Robertson was born in Australia, bu 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, Art ...Show more
The Putney Debates by Philip Baker (Editor); Geoffrey Robertson (Introduction by); The Levellers
Category: Non-Fiction
In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history. Evolving from Oliver Cromwell's New Model army in Parliament's struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption in parlia ...Show more
The Statute of Liberty: How Australians can take back their rights by Geoffrey Robertson
Category: Non-Fiction
The Australian people emerged from a polyglot mixture of nationalities and other races: a kind of human minestrone. Not only a race, but a race apart, thanks to the kindness of distance. What distinctive moral vision have we attained from the struggles and sacrifices of our forebears? If we are to prese ...Show more
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson QC
Category: Current Affairs
There have been dozens of books about the Russian President since he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Some have examined the historical aspects of the conflict, others have analysed its military and geopolitical importance. However, none so far have looked purely at the legal c ...Show more
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold by Geoffrey Robertson
Category: History
"Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law- in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. ooke was a plebeian, son of a poor far ...Show more
Who Owns History? Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure by Geoffrey Robertson
Category: Non-Fiction
Hard on the heels of his best-selling autobiography Rather His Own Man, one of Australia's foremost public intellectuals turns his mind to one of the most important contemporary questions that divides the world of art and culture- the restitution of heritage treasures removed in earlier times from subju ...Show more
Who Owns History? The Case of Elgin's Loot (HB) by Geoffrey Robertson
Category: History
The controversy about the Elgin Marbles continues to rage. This book will be the first to propound a system for the return of cultural property, based on human rights law principles that are being developed by the courts to decide whether artworks, manuscripts and sculptures have cultural importance and ...Show more