Conor Gearty

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Conor A. Gearty is the Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law[1] and Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights[2] at the London School of Economics. He was educated at the private school, Castleknock College before going to University College Dublin as an undergraduate and Cambridge University as a post-graduate. He worked at King's College, London from 1991 to 2003 before joining the LSE. Gearty is also a practising barrister with Matrix Chambers.[3]

Though originally pursuing his doctorate in environmental law Gearty's work has moved from the law of tort to a focus on civil liberties and human rights. He is widely published and recognised as one of the chief contributors to the debate about human rights in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Publications

  • Civil Liberties (2007) Clarendon Publishing
  • Can Human Rights Survive? (2006) Hamlyn Lectures
  • Principles of Human Rights Adjudication (2004) Oxford University Press
  • The Struggle for Civil Liberties
  • (with Keith Ewing) Freedom under Thatcher: Civil Liberties in Modern Britain (1990) Oxford University Press

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ LSE Law School staff page
  2. ^ Centre for the Study of Human Rights who's who page
  3. ^ Gearty's Matrix Chambers webpage

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