Geoffrey Robertson
Auteur de The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
A propos de l'auteur
Geoffrey Robertson QC deplore this hypocrisy and, in An Inconvenient Genocides, the renowned human right lawyer proves beyond reasonable doubt that the horrific avents in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constitute the crime against humanity that is today known as genocide. His justly celebrated powers afficher plus of advocacy are on full display as he condemns all those who try to justify the mass murder of children and civilians in the name of military necessity or religious fervour. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Geoffrey Robertson
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold (2005) 360 exemplaires
Geoffrey Robertson's hypotheticals : dramatisation of the moral dilemmas of the 80s (1986) 31 exemplaires
Reluctant Judas : the life and death of the Special Branch informer Kenneth Lennon (1976) 8 exemplaires
Obscenity : an account of censorship laws and their enforcement in England and Wales (1979) 3 exemplaires
The Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran, 1988: Report of an Inquiry Conducted by Geoffrey Robertson QC (2011) 2 exemplaires
/The Levellers: The Putney Debates 1 exemplaire
The Justice System 1 exemplaire
'The Edge of Obscenity' in ALR 5/10, Nov 2010 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Robertson, Geoffrey
- Nom légal
- Robertson, Geoffrey Ronald
- Autres noms
- Robertson, Geoff
Robertson, G. R. - Date de naissance
- 1946-09-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia (birth)
UK - Pays (pour la carte)
- Australia
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- University of Sydney (BA, LLB Hons)
University of Oxford
University of Sydney
Epping Boys' High School - Professions
- human rights lawyer
judge
academic
author
broadcaster - Relations
- Lette, Kathy (wife)
- Prix et distinctions
- Queen's Counsel (1988)
- Courte biographie
- Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born 30 September 1946) is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.
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- 26
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- 3
- Membres
- 1,332
- Popularité
- #19,329
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
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- ISBN
- 82
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This is an issue on which I have always been biased, despite my best efforts. I will never forget my 7th grade Latin teacher telling us (impartially) the Elgin Marbles situation; even then it seemed to me that any British argument to keep the Marbles rested solely on their claims that it was legitimately taken. Even if these were true - which is much debated - it didn't seem to me then, nor does it now, to outpace the broader ethical arguments in favour of sending them home.
On the surface, then, this book is fighting an obvious cause. As is so often the case, the argument for keeping artifacts (which is the still the world's status-quo) rests on two planks: first, that of power, namely that wealthy institutions backed by polities with an obvious interest continue to champion retention, and second, that it appeals to an arguably misplaced patriotism. No-one wants to believe that their country stole anything; no-one wants to believe that another country can better care for the world's treasures; no-one, even if they accept items were stolen, wants to upset the status-quo if it is working in their favour. (It's worth noting this isn't just a discussion to be had between countries; this is also sometimes an issue within a country, either between its states or between its governing power and the local Indigenous people.)
Yet there are complexities to the narrative which other reviewers have noted. For example, Robertson's argument is an idealistic one rather than one of pragmatism. Such a mythical tribunal would have to tell certain countries that they don't deserve their treasures back because of human rights abuses - which they may well dispute and which sometimes are in the eye of the beholder (some would argue that the US' treatment of many of its citizens is not far off) - or an inability to care for items, which automatically prioritises wealthier nations. Linked to that is the idea that some works have more global importance than others. No doubt this is true, but it's difficult to imagine any of us making that decision without implicit biases, Robertson no less than the rest.
There are some evident flaws in this book but, to be honest, the debate needs some idealists alongside the pragmatists. Right now, we are entering a period of reckoning with how we view the past. When that is done, even if it isn't until much later in the century, we must then deal with how we handle what the past has left behind.… (plus d'informations)