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Ladataan... The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2005; vuoden 2007 painos)Tekijä: Geoffrey Robertson
TeostiedotThe Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold (tekijä: Geoffrey Robertson) (2005)
   Legal Stories (38) Books Read in 2018 (2,335) Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  BryceV | Jan 15, 2024 |    ) poirotketchup | Mar 18, 2021 | The bits of this book where Robertson is delving into the details of the legal intricacies of the case against the king, and then the differences in procedure between that trial and the proceedings against the regicide are riveting. The parts where he attempts to link these events to the late-twentieth-century trials for crimes against humanity felt less successful, and Robertson's very strong inclination to the republican side makes his criticisms of previous historical and legal treatments of the events he covers lose a bit of their punch. (  ) JBD1 | Apr 1, 2015 | ) alexhunter | May 18, 2013 |  ) Traveller1 | Mar 30, 2013 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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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 theradical barrister, John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian, son of a poor Leicestershire farmer.His puritan conscience, political vision and love of civil liberty gave him the courage to bring the King's trial to its dramatic conclusion: the English republic.Cromwell appointed him as a reforming Chief Justice in Ireland, but in 1660 he was dragged back to the Old Bailey, tried and brutally executed. Geoffrey Robertson QC, the internationally renowned human rights lawyer, provides a vivid new reading of the tumultuous Civil War years, exposing long-hidden truths: that the King was guilty as charged; that his execution was necessary to establish the sovereignty of Parliament; that the regicide trials were rigged and their victims should be seen as national heroes. John Cooke was the bravest of barristers, who risked his own life to make tyranny a crime.He originated the right to silence, the'cab rank' rule of advocacy and the duty to act free-of-charge for the poor.He conducted the first trial of a Head of State for waging war on his own people - a forerunner of the prosecutions of Pinochet, Milosevic and Saddam Hussein, and a lasting inspiration to the modern world. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Charles 1 raged civil war that cost 1 in 10 English people their lives. In 1649 parliament had trouble finding a lawyer with skill and daring to prosecute a king who was above the law. Which lead to England becoming a republic.
Cooke believing in the law was before his time. He brought in the right to silence, the right to work pro bono and eliminate cab ranking for advocacy.
Charles 1 did not recognise the courts authority to try him and wouldn't plead guilty or not this leaving no choose in his fate.
Geoffrey Robinson forensic intelligence penetrates where professional historians have not reached. (