Civil Liberties - Gearty, Conor (, Director, Centre of the Study of Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law, LSE)

This book traces the origins of the term civil liberties, unpicking its various layers of meaning and explaining what it has come to mean today. Gearty argues that the protection of civil liberties is a vital front in the struggle to preserve political freedom and that a proper understanding of and commitment to civil liberties has never been more important.