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The quest for justice / Ken Crispin.

By: Publication details: Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe, 2010.Description: xiii, 337 p. ; pbk ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781921640438 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.94/CRI
Contents:
Contents : The law : does it reflect our values? -- Our system of justice : is it just or just adversarial? -- Sentencing : have we lost our way? -- The war on drugs : are our strategies sound? -- The war on terror : or a surrender of rights? -- Conclusions.
Summary: This is a book for all people with a concern for justice. Ken Crispin's dedication to justice has been unflagging; his discussion of its complexities is admirable; his distress at witnessing injustice is plain. When Crispin was a judge of the ACT Supreme Court, he expressed himself with appropriate judicial restraint. It is a pleasure to see that he has shed some of that restraint along with the robes of office. His discussion of the post 9-11 world does not flinch from the truth. His analysis of the West's response to 9-11 exposes how democracy failed us as fear and vengeance trumped principle. In his discussion of Binyam Mohamed's case he recognises Guantanamo Bay for what it is: a concentration camp which too many Australians tolerated, silently, far too long.' Julian Burnside QC
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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents : The law : does it reflect our values? -- Our system of justice : is it just or just adversarial? -- Sentencing : have we lost our way? -- The war on drugs : are our strategies sound? -- The war on terror : or a surrender of rights? -- Conclusions.

This is a book for all people with a concern for justice. Ken Crispin's dedication to justice has been unflagging; his discussion of its complexities is admirable; his distress at witnessing injustice is plain. When Crispin was a judge of the ACT Supreme Court, he expressed himself with appropriate judicial restraint. It is a pleasure to see that he has shed some of that restraint along with the robes of office. His discussion of the post 9-11 world does not flinch from the truth. His analysis of the West's response to 9-11 exposes how democracy failed us as fear and vengeance trumped principle. In his discussion of Binyam Mohamed's case he recognises Guantanamo Bay for what it is: a concentration camp which too many Australians tolerated, silently, far too long.'
Julian Burnside QC

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