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On Liberty
Shami Chakrabarti
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Description for On Liberty
paperback. Explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. This book tells about the threats to our freedoms and shows the unprecedented pressures those rights are under. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 256 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
On Liberty is the story of today's threats to our freedoms and a highly personal, impassioned plea in defence of fundamental rights, from Shami Chakrabarti, Britain's leading human rights campaigner
On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. She shows, too, the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today. Drawing on her own work in high-profile campaigns, from privacy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141976310
SKU
9780141976310
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About Shami Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti is a leading British human rights lawyer and campaigner who has written and broadcast widely and held a number of public roles in recent decades. A legislator in the House of Lords, she is the author of On Liberty and Of Women. Director of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties) from 2003 to 2016, she was Shadow ... Read more
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