Shortlisted for Polemic of the Year at The Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2015. The most controversial question that is still being asked about the First World War - was there an Armenian genocide? - will come to a head on 24 April 2015, when Armenians worldwide will commemorate its centenary and Turkey will deny that it took place, claiming that the deaths of over half of the Armenian race were justified. This has become a vital international issue. Twenty national parliaments in democratic countries have voted to recognise the genocide, but Britain and the USA continue to equivocate for fear of alienating their NATO ally. Geoffrey Robertson QC condemns this hypocrisy, and in An Inconvenient Genocide he proves beyond reasonable doubt that the horrific events in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constitute the crime against humanity that is today known as genocide. He explains how democracies can deal with genocide denial without infringing free speech, and makes a major contribution to understanding and preventing this worst of all crimes. His renowned powers of advocacy are on full display as he condemns all those - from Sri Lanka to the Sudan, from Old Anatolia to modern Syria and Iraq - who try to justify the mass murder of children and civilians in the name of military necessity or religious fervour.

Explains how the identification of a crime against humanity, first defined at Nuremburg, has become the key that unlocks the closed door of state sovereignty and that holds political leaders responsible for the evils they visit upon humankind.

Product Description: What is worse: Iran getting the bomb or the US bombing Iran? Will our children ever live in a world without nukes? Can states that mass-murder their own people be trusted with a weapon that mass-murders? Will a nuclear explosion change the climate before climate change does? In Mullahs Without Mercy, Geoffrey Robertson explores these and other awesome questions that arise from Iran"s potential for acquiring the bomb...read more

Product Description: In The Case of the Pope Geoffrey Robertson delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields pedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law? Geoffrey Robertson , a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church...read more

A war crimes judge for the U.N. provides a vivid rendering of the tumultuous years of the English Civil War; looks at the legal career of John Cooke, who prosecuted King Charles I for crimes against his people; and assesses the implications of the trial for the Parliamentary government and its leaders, as well as the British monarchy. Reprint.

Provides an overview of the disparate laws that impinge upon journalists' and broadcasters' freedom to publish. The book analyzes case law as well as significant statutory law such as the Human Rights Bill and the Freedom of Information White Paper Bill.

Product Description: Individual freedom is coming under more complicated and sophisticated threats, which only the law can combat. This book analyzes human-rights issues of the moment, such as media invasions of privacy, miscarriages of justice, the Runciman Royal Commission, euthanasia, Iraqgate at the Old Bailey, police and social-work malpractice, the new Broadcasting and Asylum Acts, attempts to control the security services, discrimination against women, blacks and homosexuals, satellite porn, sado-masochism and prisoners' rights...read more

Product Description: Media Law is a definitive handbook on media law by two top professional lawyers. It's an indispensible guide to the law for those who work in print and electronic media. This single-volume reference provides current authoritative information that professionals can rely on...read more