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Conor Gearty

Conor Gearty, Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and professor of human rights law at the LSE, has written a number of books on terrorism and human rights.

From the London Review dated 20 February 2003

How did Blair get here?

Blair’s speeches over the last three years on the international community and the role of Britain within it reveal a consistent commitment not just to pre-emptive military action but also to international law; the achievement of a settlement in the Middle East; and a continuation of the US-UK special relationship. All three have been more or less publicly shredded by the US, leaving in place only the UK’s commitment to attack Iraq. [ read more . . . ]

Selected bibliography

Can Human Rights Survive? The Hamlyn Lectures 2005 (2006)
Principles of Human Rights Adjudication (2005)
Understanding Human Rights edited by Conor Gearty and Adam Tomkins (2000)
The Struggle for Civil Liberties: Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in bBritian 1914-1945 by K.D. Ewing and C.A. Gearty (2000)
Terrorism (1997)

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In the LRB archive

Short Cuts: Conor Gearty on intercept evidence and terrorism trials · 17 March 2005

A Misreading of the Law · 19 February 2004

Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly CMG by Lord Hutton

How did Blair get here? · 20 February 2003

How we declare war · 3 October 2002

Airy-Fairy · 29 November 2001

Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention by A.W.B. Simpson

An Escalation of Reasonableness · 6 September 2001

To Raise up a New Northern Ireland: Articles and Speeches 1998-2000 by David Trimble

What are judges for? · 25 January 2001

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Finding an Enemy · 15 April 1999

Legislation against Terrorism: A Consultation Paper. CM 4178. Home Office and Northern Ireland Office

Here come the judges · 4 June 1998