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'Conor Gearty's forensically brilliant defence of the Human Rights Act routs the fallacies and fantasies of the Naysayers. His argument is for a nation - indeed a world - where human decency prevails. Lucid, powerful, and advocacy at its finest. A triumph!' Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

A lucid, forensic, somewhat irreverent exposition of what for many people is an arcane subject, but one that has done more than most of us realise to shape the society in which we live. * Chris Mullin, The Irish Times * Conor Gearty's forensically brilliant defence of the Human Rights Act routs the fallacies and fantasies of the Naysayers. His argument is for a nation - indeed a world where human decency prevails. Lucid, powerful, and advocacy at its finest. A triumph! * Baroness Helena Kennedy QC * On Fantasy Island is an excellent read and a much-needed contribution to the debate on whether the [Human Rights Act] should be repealed in favour of a proposed British Bill of Rights. * Rachael Ita, Times Higher Education * An excellent read and a much-needed contribution to the debate on whether the HRA should be repealed in favour of a proposed British Bill of Rights. * Rachael Ita, Times Higher Education *

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Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at LSE, having previously worked at Cambridge University and at King's College London. His books include Can Human Rights Survive? (2006) and Liberty and Security (2013) as well as Freedom under Thatcher (1990) and The Struggle for Civil Liberties (2000) (both with Keith Ewing), and Civil Liberties (2007). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Bencher of Middle Temple and has honorary degrees from Sacred Heart University, University College Dublin, Roehampton, and Brunel Universities.

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