Geoffrey Robertson
Articles by Geoffrey Robertson
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Law & Reform
“Privilege!” The right to defy the courts but not fellow MPs
- 02 June 2011
- 2 comments
Geoffrey Robertson celebrates the history of parliamentary privilege and sizes up the Ryan Giggs/Imogen Thomas injunction.
Law & Reform
London is still a town named Sue
- 20 April 2011
- 1 comment
Our libel laws need reforming, but the coalition government’s bill won’t do the trick.
Religion
The Pope, the Vatican and the Foreign Office: a response
- 16 September 2010
- 25 comments
Detailing the Freedom of Information exchanges with the FCO.
Law & Reform
The case against Vatican power
- 08 September 2010
- 45 comments
The Catholic Church claims the privileges of statehood, which gives it huge advantages over other religious institutions – and allows the protection of paedophile priests under canon law.
Books
Bonfire of the Liberties: New Labour, Human Rights and the Rule of Law
- 26 March 2010
How can we ensure our MPs don’t abandon the freedoms won by Milton, Wilkes and Paine? Geoffrey Robertson puts the case for a British Bill of Rights
