Tolpuddle Martyrs: Injustice within the Law - Couverture souple

Evatt, Herbert Vere

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1920899499 ISBN 13 : 9781920899493

Editeur : Sydney University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The legend of the six rural labourers (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement. In his introduction to this new edition of Herbert ('Doc') Evatt's brilliant account, Geoffrey Robertson points out that the case stood for something different, and something very frightening: that oppression and cruelty do not always fail. Indeed, they sometimes succeed beyond the hopes of the oppressors. The labourers suffered no violence 'save the extreme and horrible violence of the law itself'. The true lesson from the story demonstrates that societies need guarantees to prevent 'injustice within the law'. The Tolpuddle Martyrs inspired Doc Evatt's support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Robertson argues that it should inspire the Rudd Labor government to legislate for a bill of rights in Australia today.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965) was an Australian judge, lawyer, politician, and writer who presided over the United Nations General Assembly (1948-1949) and helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. is a human rights barrister and visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sydney University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1920899499
• ISBN 13: 9781920899493
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 126
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