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The Tolpuddle Martyrs: Injustice Within the Law

The Tolpuddle Martyrs: Injustice Within the Law


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The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement. The labourers suffered no violence 'save the extreme and horrible violence of the law itself'. The true lesson from the story demonstrates that societies need guarantees to prevent 'injustice within the law'.



Table of Contents:

Introduction
Geoffrey Robertson
Original foreword
E.H. Burgmann
1. The importance of the case
2. Social and economic background
3. The politicians and trade unionism
4. Organisation and prosecution
5. ‘The course of justice’
6. What the magistrates did
7. Part played by the juries
8. An account of the evidence
9. Were the convictions bad?
10 Opinions as to the legal position
11. Judge Williams and the sentences
12. Whigs and Tories in agreement
13. Treatment of the prisoners in Australia
14. The pardons
15. The Church’s attitude
16. Consequences of the case
17. The lesson of martyrdom
Appendix 1: list of important dates
Appendix 2: about Doc Evatt
Appendix 3: acknowledgements
Notes
Index



About the Author :

Herbert Vere Evatt (18941965) was an Australian judge, lawyer, politician, and writer who presided over the United Nations General Assembly (19481949) and helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. is a human rights barrister and visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London.



Review :

'When set against the background of such triumph, failure and tragedy, it would be easy to overlook or underestimate Evatt’s very considerable achievements and abilities as a historian. The Tolpuddle Martyrs perhaps finds him at the height of his intellectual powers. This book is a remarkable exercise in scholarly discipline and objectivity; one in which the passionate advocate of social justice is balanced by the jurist ... '


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781920899493
  • Publisher: Sydney University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Sydney University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 227 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1920899499
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 74
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Injustice Within the Law
  • Width: 148 mm


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