Books by Geoffrey Robertson
The Tyrannicide Brief
by Geoffrey Robertson
This is about a radical lawyer who took a case nobody wanted. John Cook prosecuted King Charles I on the basis that a ruler cannot kill his own people and then claim executive privilege. He won and in 1649 the death warrant was signed and the King was beheaded outside St James’s Palace. Of course, it ends badly for Cook. Charles II was restored and Cook was hunted down, hung, drawn and quartered.
Interviews where books by Geoffrey Robertson were recommended
The best books on Trial By Jury, recommended by Alex McBride
Alex McBride, criminal barrister and author of Defending the Guilty, chooses books that illustrate the history of trial by jury. He points to influential cases in British legal history, and shows how poor regulation of the legal profession in the 19th century resulted in some questionable practices.
