Rather His Own Man: In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers
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Geoffrey Robertson led students in the ’60s to demand an end to racism and censorship. He went on to become a top human rights advocate, saving the lives of many death-row inmates, freeing dissidents and taking on tyrants in a career marked by courage, determination and a fierce independence.
In this witty, honest and sometimes irreverent memoir, he recalls battles on behalf of George Harrison and Julian Assange, Salman Rushdie and Václav Havel, Mike Tyson and the Sex Pistols, and battles against General Pinochet, Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Thatcher (the true story of Spycatcher is told for the first time).
Interspersed with these forensic fireworks is the story of a pimply schoolboy from a state comprehensive, inspired by a banned book to become a barrister at the Old Bailey and who went on to found the UK’s leading human rights practice (Doughty Street Chambers) and to defend troublemakers throughout the world.
Rather His Own Man captures the drama of the trial, the thrill of victory and the feeling of ‘courtus interruptus’ when a big case settles. Its cast of characters includes Princess Diana, Pee-Wee Herman, Dame Edna, the Queen and Rupert – the bear and the media mogul. It’s a read that is both exhilarating and erudite – and very funny.
Geoffrey Robertson
Geoffrey Robertson KC is founder and joint head of Doughty Street Chambers, Europe’s largest human rights practice. He has had a distinguished career as a trial and appellate counsel in Britain and in international courts, defending, among others, Julian Assange, Salman Rushdie, Gay News, Lula (now President of Brazil) and reporters from The Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. He was sanctioned by the Kremlin in 2022. He has served as a UN appeal judge and as the first president of its war crimes court in Sierra Leone. He has received the New York State Bar Association’s Distinction in International Law and Affairs Award and the Order of Australia for services to human rights. He is a master of the Middle Temple and a trustee of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. His book Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice has been hailed as an inspiration for the global justice movement. His autobiography, Rather His Own Man: In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers, was published by Biteback (UK) and Penguin Random House Australia in 2018.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The account of Julian Assange’s case and all its intricacies, coupled with the insights on its implications for freedom of expression were great. So too is the insight into Robertson’s raison d’être.