Helena Kennedy JUST LAW First Edition Signed
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Helena Kennedy JUST LAW First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of JUST LAW The changing face of justice and why it matters to us all by Helena Kennedy and published by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2004. Signed by Helena Kennedy on the title page. With full numberline 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the copyright page.
The book is in very good condition (clean black cloth boards and silver lettering on the spine) with minor wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped (light creasing to edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight, there are no tears and no other inscriptions.
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is chair of Justice – the British arm of the International Commission of Jurists, and a member of the Bar Association's International Task Force on terrorism.. She is a bencher of Gray's Inn and President of the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London.
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. She is the author of Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice and Just Law.
Just Law, published on 4 March 2004, describes in shocking detail the current retreat from the rule of law and civil liberties, both of which are being subverted for short-term gains.
The book is a powerful reminder that the rule of law – from Guantanamo Bay to the corridors of Whitehall – is fundamental to a world in which democracy, peace and justice can flourish.
"Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. Here she roundly challenges the record of modern governments over the fundamental values of equality, fairness and respect for human dignity.
She argues that in the last twenty years we have seen a steady erosion of civil liberties, culminating today in extraordinary legislation, which undermines long established freedoms. Are these moves a crude political response to demands for law and order? Or is the relationship between citizens and the state being covertly reframed and redefined?
This dazzling, controversial and thought-provoking study covers issues such as the right to privacy and the increase in electronic surveillance; the questions raised by advances in genetics; the procedural issues of 'double jeopardy' and the proposed reduction of trial by jury.
Kennedy examines the huge increase in the number of women in prison and the inequities of the welfare system. But she also probes into issues that involve our relationship with other states: asylum, immigration and terrorism, daring to ask - is the climate of fear being deliberately used by the government to roll back our liberties?
Written with warmth, energy and passion, full of telling examples and moving stories, 'Just Law' offers a vivid, provocative survey of the state of Britain today. This is an unforgettable book about the changing face of justice - and why it matters to us all."
'Comes the hour. Comes the book. If Kennedy can't stir a reaction, then nobody can' - Observer
'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
333 pages.
ISBN: 0 7011 7506 0
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