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Biografisk notat
Dr Satvinder Singh Juss Ph.D (Cantab) FRSA, is a Professor of Law at King's College London, a practising Barrister and a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal (IAC). He is a former Human Rights Fellow at Harvard Law School and Fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge. He has been a Migration Commissioner at the Royal Society of Arts and worked with the Centre for Social Justice on Human Trafficking, which led to anti-trafficking legislation being passed in 2015. As a Barrister, he has acted for governments of Belize, Bermuda and Trinidad. He has published widely on the subjects of human rights, constitutional law, and international refugee law. Professor Juss is fluent in Punjabi and Urdu.Remarkable and devastating, a moment of British colonial history that is meticulously and brilliantly told, and deeply resonant for our own times.
- Philippe Sands, Professor of Law, University College London, and author of EAST WEST STREET and THE RATLINE,
Professor Juss has produced the definitive study of the travesty of justice that was the trial and execution of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh. Written from a legal perspective, and based on comprehensive archival research, the book offers a powerful rebuttal of the tired cliché that the British introduced the rule of law in colonial India.
- Kim A. Wagner, Professor of Global and Imperial History, Queen Mary University of London, and author of AMRITSAR 1919,
Bhagat Singh was tried and executed for assassinating a British officer at the high noon of Empire. His trial became a defining moment for the British who prided themselves on their judicial system. This meticulously researched book, which reads like a thriller, tells us the fascinating story of Bhagat Singh who became a folk hero almost immediately after his execution.
- Professor Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C.,