but there is still, as you would, as a lawyer, acknowledge the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty. and even some sort of traditionalfeminists like germaine greer think that metoo has now gone too far. is there a part of you that sees that argument? totally. i mean, i vejust written a book on this, misjustice, which is. ..which is, in which i express my real concern that this is not about due process, that people will suffer the consequences of being named by anonymous persons and their. ..and their lives being deeply affected by that. however, you ll get more of that when the system is failing so many people. so that s why the system has to address the fact that women do not feel that they re getting justice within our systems. let me ask you a question which takes us far from the courtrooms in the uk to an international perspective that you ve long had. how on earth do you prioritise the time, the effort, the energy you give to all of these causes and legal issues in the
and even some sort of traditionalfeminists like germaine greer think that metoo has now gone too far. is there a part of you that sees that argument? totally. i mean, i vejust written a book on this, misjustice, which is. ..which is, in which i express my real concern that this is not about due process, that people will suffer the consequences of being named by anonymous persons and their. ..and their lives being deeply affected by that. however, you ll get more of that when the system is failing so many people. so that s why the system has to address the fact that women do not feel that they re getting justice within our systems. let me ask you a question which takes us far from the courtrooms in the uk to an international perspective that you ve long had. how on earth do you prioritise the time, the effort, the energy you give to all of these causes and legal issues in the uk, when at the same time you re doing an awful lot of work for human rights overseas, in particular, right now,
you believe in process, court of law and. due process, absolutely. ..evidence. yeah. so do you believe that that approach is legitimate or not? i think that s civil disobedience, and let me tell you why. it s a bit like the suffragettes throwing bricks through windows. you ll get that kind of behaviour when the law, when the legal system and the system that s operating in our democracy is not delivering to half the population. and so women are basically throwing a brick through the system s windows, saying, you tell us that when people do bad things to us, we should take it to law. and when we do take it to law, it is not prosecuted, it. we re not listened to. we are treated also as second class citizens and there s disbelief.everywhere we go. but there is still, as you would, as a lawyer, acknowledge the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty. and even some sort of traditionalfeminists like germaine greer think that metoo has now gone too far. is there a part of you t
you re a lawyer. you believe in process, court of law and. due process, absolutely. ..evidence. yeah. so do you believe that that approach is legitimate or not? i think that s civil disobedience, and let me tell you why. it s a bit like the suffragettes throwing bricks through windows. you ll get that kind of behaviour when the law, when the legal system and the system that s operating in our democracy is not delivering to half the population. and so women are basically throwing a brick through the system s windows, saying, you tell us that when people do bad things to us, we should take it to law. and when we do take it to law, it is not prosecuted, it. we re not listened to. we re treated also as second class citizens and there s disbelief.everywhere we go. but there is still, as you would, as a lawyer, acknowledge the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty. and even some sort of traditionalfeminists like germaine greer think that metoo has now gone too far. is there
so do you believe that that approach is legitimate or not? i think that s civil disobedience, and let me tell you why. it s a bit like the suffragettes throwing bricks through windows. you ll get that kind of behaviour when the law, when the legal system and the system that s operating in our democracy is not delivering to half the population. and so women are basically throwing a brick through the system s windows, saying, you tell us that when people do bad things to us, we should take it to law. and when we do take it to law, it is not prosecuted, it. we re not listened to. we are treated also as second class citizens and there s disbelief.everywhere we go. but there is still, as you would, as a lawyer, acknowledge the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty. and even some sort of traditionalfeminists like germaine greer think that metoo has now gone too far. is there a part of you that sees that argument? totally. i mean, i vejust written a book on this, misjustice,