Authors: Amal Clooney and Philippa Webb
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198808398
RRP: £195
The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law provides a detailed overview of international law jurisprudence on the right to a fair trial. The authors both practise international law at the English Bar and teach the subject as academics.
As the authors point out in their introduction, the right to a fair trial lies at the heart of the human rights regime because, without it, other rights are at risk. Furthermore (as the authors also note), the need for vigilance in its enforcement is underscored by the fact that breaches of fair trial protections can be indicators of some pernicious or dehumanising government agenda that might otherwise be difficult to detect.
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