Professor Conor Gearty FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2010
- Year of death
- 2025
- Subjects
- Law
- Sections
- Law
- Website
- http://www.conorgearty.com
Summary
Conor Gearty was born in Ireland and educated at University College Dublin and Cambridge. He taught law at Cambridge, King's College London, and LSE and wrote extensively on human rights, terrorism and civil liberties.
His book 'Liberty and Security' (2013) developed the idea of 'neo-democracy' to explain democracy in a neo-liberal age. Scholarly publications in the 'British Journal of Criminology' and the 'European Law Journal' developed this theme.
His book analysing Britain's relationship with the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights, 'On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights', was published in October 2016. Professor Gearty was also a barrister, practising law at Matrix Chambers.
Last post
Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics
Past appointments
London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Human Rights Law
2016 -
Publications
On Fantasy Island: Britan, Strasbourg and Human Rights
Conor Gearty - Published in 2016 by Oxford University Press
The Meanings of Rights
Edited by Costas Douzinas and Conor Gearty - Published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press
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