Name Conor Gearty Role Professor | ||
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Books Liberty and Security, Can Human Rights Su, Principles of human rights adj, The Struggle for Civil Libe, Terrorism and the rule of law | ||
Education University College Dublin | ||
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Conor A. Gearty, FBA (born November 1957) is the Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE Department of Law. From 2002-2009, he was Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics. Gearty’s academic research focuses primarily on civil liberties, terrorism and human rights.
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Conor Gearty was born in Ireland and graduated in law from University College Dublin before moving to Wolfson College, Cambridge in 1980 to study for a master's degree and then for a PhD. He became a fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1983 and in 1990 he moved to the school of law at King’s College London where he was first a senior lecturer, then a reader and finally (from 1995) a professor. Gearty is also a practising barrister with Matrix Chambers. He has also been a visiting professor at Boston University, the University of Richmond and the University of New South Wales. He has received honorary degrees from Brunel University and Roehampton University.
Lse events professor conor gearty human rights after brexit still on fantasy island
Background
Originally from Abbeylara, County Longford, in Ireland he was educated at Castleknock College before going to University College Dublin as an undergraduate and Cambridge University as a post-graduate. He had significant debating success in University, twice winning the Irish Times debating competition and serving as Auditor of the University College Dublin Law Society.