Watching brief / Julian Burnside.

Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2007.

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Watching brief : reflections on human rights, law and justice.

Human rights -- Australia.

Human rights -- History.

Justice, Administration of.

Law and ethics.

1. School days --2. The practice of law: justice, or just a job? --3. Authoritarianism in the name of freedom --4. Towards a just society: beyond the spin --5. Australia's crimes against humanity: not interesting --6. The Pacific solution --7. Tony Abbott: master of the soft sell --8. Honesty matters: the ethics of daily life --9. Australia's refugee policy --10. Terror, old and new: from the Gunpowder Plot to Guantanamo --11. Human rights and international law --12. Protecting rights in a climate of fear --13. David Hicks: hearsay and coercion --14. The argument for a bill of rights --15. Habeas corpus --16. The Dreyfus affair --17. Anti-terror laws: controlling Jack Thomas --18. Howard's fair go Australia --19. Access to justice --20. Van Nguyen: Australia and the death penalty --21. The Roger Casement case --22. The Leopold and Loeb case --23. The Oscar Slater case --24. The Adolf Beck case --25. The Stefan Kiszko case --26. The burning car case --27. The Scottsboro boys case --28. The Dred Scott case --29. The Crippen case --30. The Alma Rattenbury case --31. The black book case.

This book contains a defence of the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees, and appeals for the protection of human rights and the maintenance of the rule of law in an age of terror.

Subtitle on cover: Reflections on human rights, law, and justice.

Includes bibliographical references.

9781921215490

x, 310 p. ; 24 cm