Conor
Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College London and a Barrister
at Essex Court Chambers. He is the author of numerous books and articles on
human rights and civil liberties, including (with KD Ewing) Freedom Under Thatcher;
Civil Liberties in Modern Britain (1990); His Struggling Against the State:
Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914-45, co-authored with KD
Ewing, will be published this Summer by OUP.