Human Rights and Perspectives Notes Set Essay

Purpose of the textTo argue for the importance of the adversarial advocacy body of conducting trials To argue for the need for a bill of human rights in British and Australian law as basic principles upon which the justice system poop be built. To demonstrate the extent of abuses of human rights and injustice in the existence in the second half of the 20th century. To demonstrate the extent of his own involvement in advocacy and the defence of human rights. Chapter The trials of oz foreign Perspectives The doctrine of oz was a contradiction in terms (Pg 13) SARCASTIC Suggesting the magazine had no philosphy at solely and did not seriously threaten anything I knew all about the law- but nothing about justice and i was feel forward to seeing it done (Pg 21) PUN This is a thought provocting wordplay, as we expect that one flows naturally from the other. What are we the soviet union? (Pg 39)Implying that roberston views the courtship as unfair, no freedom or rights of speec h and press. Lordships pen (pg 32)Refers to the particular the judge would only write what he chose to write.Chapter Michael X on expiration rowConflicting PerspectivesGeoffrey Robertson believes that Michael X is the creation of the media. He takes on a superior tone when discussing this (pg 79-84) and describes him as a hustler and a poser, dissmissing any real achievements by Michael X Token Black implies his rhytidoplasty to fame in britian was because it was fashionable to have a black man obscure in ones cause. Emotive language is used when discussing the death penalty. Living deathly referring to Michael Xs place on death row. Juxtaposition The embossment is not silent a deliberate misquote from shakespeares hamlet. This is effective because Hamlet is referring to the nothingness of death and the quite that follows. Robertson emphasises the stress suffered as a solution of death by hanging by juxtaposing the wailing and hailing of the hangmans victums to the soun ds of breakfest.Chapter The Romans in BritianConflicting PerspectivesGeoffrey Robertsons perspective was that the case was ludicrous in nature. His tone,amusement and sattire show this.Prosecutrix A pun combining prosecuter and domanatrixHe uses language such as divened, rapturously and solemn legal battallion in order to place her in the category of a fundamentalist religious crusader.Grinded her loins IronyLoins were what she was crusading against loins