Author and internationally recognized human rights attorney Geoffrey Robertson will lecture at Hamilton College on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center auditorium. He will speak on the necessity and difficulty of bringing tyrants before the bar. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Robertson's most recent book, The Tyrannicide Brief, recounts the story of John Cooke, the man who prosecuted Charles I for treason. Robertson has argued cases in a number of countries and courts, including the U.S., Malawi, Mozambique, and the European Court of Human Rights. He has recently been named an appeals judge for the forthcoming trial of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor.
He has argued many landmark cases in the European Court of Human Rights, the Privy Council and the House of Lords, and has appeared in the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, the Courts of Appeal of Florida, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Fiji and Antigua, in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the District Court of Queensland and was the first (and last) advocate to appear in the Revolutionary Military Tribunal of Mozambique. More than 200 of his cases are to be found in the law reports.
A practicing attorney, Robertson has represented such diverse clients as Dow Jones and the Gay News. He has written extensively on the topic of international justice and media law, and hosted the acclaimed Australian TV series "Hypotheticals." His books include The Justice Game, which has sold more than 100,000 copies, and Crimes Against Humanity, soon to be available in a third edition. A dual national of both Great Britain and Australia, Robertson is currently visiting professor at Queen Mary College, the University of London.
The lecture is sponsored by Hamilton's History Department and Speakers' Fund.
Robertson's most recent book, The Tyrannicide Brief, recounts the story of John Cooke, the man who prosecuted Charles I for treason. Robertson has argued cases in a number of countries and courts, including the U.S., Malawi, Mozambique, and the European Court of Human Rights. He has recently been named an appeals judge for the forthcoming trial of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor.
He has argued many landmark cases in the European Court of Human Rights, the Privy Council and the House of Lords, and has appeared in the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, the Courts of Appeal of Florida, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Fiji and Antigua, in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the District Court of Queensland and was the first (and last) advocate to appear in the Revolutionary Military Tribunal of Mozambique. More than 200 of his cases are to be found in the law reports.
A practicing attorney, Robertson has represented such diverse clients as Dow Jones and the Gay News. He has written extensively on the topic of international justice and media law, and hosted the acclaimed Australian TV series "Hypotheticals." His books include The Justice Game, which has sold more than 100,000 copies, and Crimes Against Humanity, soon to be available in a third edition. A dual national of both Great Britain and Australia, Robertson is currently visiting professor at Queen Mary College, the University of London.
The lecture is sponsored by Hamilton's History Department and Speakers' Fund.
