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- 2014
- year of publication
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- Length
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- E-book
- Format
- Publisher
- Penguin
- ISBN-13
- 978-18-4614-810-1
- EAN
- 9781846148101
- Publication date
- 2014-10-02
- Book
- On Liberty · 3 editions
The publisher on this edition
On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty , Shami Chakrabarti - who joined Liberty, the UK's leading civil rights organization, on 10 September 2001 - explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. She shows, too, the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today. Drawing on her own work in high-profile campaigns, from privacy laws to anti-terror legislation, Chakrabarti shows the threats to our democratic institutions and why our rights are paramount in upholding democracy.
