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Faculty Seminar Series – 2006 (Session 1) - UNSW Faculty of Law
Tuesday 4 April Conor Gearty Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics Born in Ireland, Professor Conor Gearty graduated in law from University College Dublin before moving to Wolfson College, Cambridge in 1980 for a Master’s Degree followed by a PhD. He became a fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1983 and then in 1990 a senior lecturer, a reader and finally (from 1995) a professor at the School of Law at King’s College London. In 2002, he was appointed Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and professor of human rights law at LSE. Conor Gearty has published widely on terrorism, civil liberties and human rights. His books include Terror (Faber, 1990) and two books with K D Ewing, Freedom under Thatcher (1989) and The Struggle for Civil Liberties (2000). Conor is also a barrister and was a founder member of Matrix chambers from where he continues to practise. He has been a frequent adviser to judges, practitioners and public authorities on the implications of the UK Human Rights Act, and has frequently lectured at home and abroad on the topic of human rights. He has appeared in human rights cases in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. His latest book, Principles of Human Rights Adjudication, is a study of the place of the Human Rights Act in Britain’s constitutional order. It locates the measure in its political and historical context and analyses the case law from the perspective not only of principle but also of practical experience. Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars are held in the Staff Common Room, Faculty of Law (Level 11, Library Tower, UNSW Kensington Campus). The seminars run between 1.00 – 2.00pm, usually on Tuesdays. A light lunch is served from 12.30 – 1.00pm. All are welcomeFor further information please contact Kass Finlay. |
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