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The Tolpuddle martyrs : injustice within the law / Herbert Vere Evatt ; with a new introduction by Geoffrey Robertson.

The Tolpuddle martyrs : injustice within the law / Herbert Vere Evatt ; with a new introduction by Geoffrey Robertson.
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ISBN 9781920899493 (pbk.)
Location 331.8 EVA
Author Evatt, H.V. 1894-1965. (Herbert Vere)
Title The Tolpuddle martyrs : injustice within the law / Herbert Vere Evatt ; with a new introduction by Geoffrey Robertson.
Edition [2nd ed.]
Published Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2009.
Collation xxi, 104 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note Originally published: Injustice within the law : a study of the case of the Dorsetshire labourers. Sydney : Law Book Co. of Australasia, 1937. "The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement. In his introduction to this new edition of Herbert ('Doc') Evatt's brilliant account, Geoffrey Robertson QC points out that the case stood for something different, and something very frightening: that oppression and cruelty do not always fail. Indeed, they sometimes succeed beyond the hopes of the oppressors. The labourers suffered no violence 'save the extreme and horrible violence of the law itself". The true lesson from the story demonstrates that societies need guarantees to prevent 'injustice within the law'. The Tolpuddle Martyrs inspired Doc Evatt's support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Robertson argues that it should inspire the Rudd Labor government to legislate for a bill of rights in Australia today." -- Back cover.
Among the transported was George Loveless.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Personal Name Loveless, George,1797-1874
Subject Tolpuddle martyrs
Agricultural laborers -- England
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