Welcome
Welcome to my website. Here you will find information on me, my research and publications. I am very keen on getting my ideas across to as wide a number of people as possible. As I publish in lots of different places and in different kinds of formats, I want to use this site to make most of my publications available for free download. As academic publications take a long time to come out and are sometimes published in unusual places, I am also going to include such pieces whenever I can. The download will be in PDF format.
The publications included here are organised by type and then (within each type) by date. There is also a keyword search engine which will help you find papers on themes such as terrorism, human rights, civil liberties or Ireland. Please browse. I also do a very great deal of talks and speak at many conferences and events. These are included here under events.
There are also links to other interesting websites including those for my two workplaces, the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE and Matrix Chambers, from where I practice law. I also have a link to my blog, Conor Gearty Comment where I both give my opinion of topical developments and also try out ideas from time to time (you can also read a summary of each post on this site).
You can also find links to my publications on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), author 336608. If you want to comment or criticise, please write in the guestbook or you can contact me directly. There are also links to my student courses at LSE, both in the academic year proper and the annual Summer School in Human Rights that I run.
Latest Publications
A few recent publications:
- Truth Free Speech and Knowledge: the Human Rights Contribution
Published: LSE, 2008
Summary: this is the written version of a paper I gave at a recent LSE forum in Singapore.
File size: 462 Kb, 15
Keywords: civil liberties human rights - Are human rights universal?
Published: Cameron May, 2008
Summary: This is a sample chapter from my latest book, a selection of essays on human rights and terrorism, available from Cameron May
File size: 260 Kb, 12
Keywords: civil liberties human rights - Invitation to Terror
Published: Times Higher Educational Supplement, 2008
Summary: a short review of an excellent book by Frank Furedi, Invitation to Terror which was published in the THES.
File size: 1.20 Mb, 2
Keywords: - The superpatriotic fervour of the moment
Published: oxford journal of legal studies, 2008
Summary: A review of Bruce Ackerman's book, Before the Next Attack, of which I am highly critical
File size: 100 Kb, 18
Keywords: civil liberties counter-terrorism human rights terrorism
Latest Events
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- Legal Action Group Annual Lecture on
Mon, 19th Nov 2007 from 6:00 PM at
Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ - Annual Justice Lecture on
Wed, 17th Oct 2007 from 6:00 PM at
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1HS - Seminar on
Wed, 10th Oct 2007 from 6:00 PM at
Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB