{"product_id":"the-tyrannicide-brief-geoffrey-robertson-qc-9780099459194","title":"The Tyrannicide Brief","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife and law during the Civil Wars as you have never seen it before - and a passionate argument for the people's right of justice against tyrannical leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law- in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCooke was a plebeian, son of a poor farmer, but he had the courage to bring the King's trial to its dramatic conclusion- the English republic. Cromwell appointed him as a reforming Chief Justice in Ireland, but in 1660 he was dragged back to the Old Bailey, tried and brutally executed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Cooke was the bravest of barristers, who risked his own life to make tyranny a crime. He originated the right to silence, the 'cab rank' rule of advocacy and the duty to act free-of-charge for the poor. He conducted the first trial of a Head of State for waging war on his own people - a forerunner of the prosecutions of Pinochet, Milosevic and Saddam Hussein, and a lasting inspiration to the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoffrey Robertson, QC","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43807075205363,"sku":"9780099459194","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780099459194.jpg?v=1686902615","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-tyrannicide-brief-geoffrey-robertson-qc-9780099459194","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}