Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. Here she

This thought-provoking study probes issues such as privacy, genetics, trial by jury, women in prison, the welfare system, asylum, and terrorism and asks: Is the

In 'Just Law' Helena Kennedy roundly challenges the record of modern governments with regard to fudnamental democratic rights, and argues for a return to the fu

Is it “just words” when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it “just words” when

Is the Miranda warning, which lets an accused know of the right to remain silent, more about procedural fairness or about the conventions of speech acts and sil