Watching Brief [electronic resource] : reflections on human rights, law, and justice (New edition)
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Watching Brief [electronic resource] : reflections on human rights, law, and justice (New edition)
Watching Brief [electronic resource] : reflections on human rights, law, and justice (New edition)
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Carlton North : Scribe Publications, 2008.
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2008.
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1 online resource (320 p.)
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Contents; Preface; Part I: Foundations; 1: School Days; 2: The Practice of Law: justice, or just a job?; Part II: Asylum-seekers in Australia; Introduction; 3: Authoritarianism in the Name of Freedom; 4: Towards a Just Society: beyond the spin; 5: Australia's Crimes Against Humanity: not 'interestin...
11: Human Rights and International Law12: Protecting Rights in a Climate Fear; 13: David Hicks: hearsay and coercion; 14: The Argument for a Bill of Rights; 15: Habeas Corpus; 16: The Dreyfus Affair; 17: Anti-Terror Laws: controlling Jack Thomas; 18: Howard's 'Fair Go' Australia; Part IV: Justice an...
28: The Dred Scott Case29: The Crippen Case; 30: The Alma Rattenbury Case; 31: The 'Black Book' Case; Appendixes; Notes; Acknowledgments.
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Carlton North : Scribe Publications, 2008.
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2008.
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The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a sharp decline in respect for human rights and the international rule of law. The legal conventions of the new realpolitik seem to owe more to Guantanamo than Geneva.Australia has tarnished its reputation in the field of human rights, through its support for illegal warfare, its failure to hono...
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Watching Brief [electronic resource] : reflections on human rights, law, and justice (New edition)
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74VvxgMmpNjA
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9781921753855
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323
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991016800649702626
