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The Strange Case of the Law

Harry Potter

Tom Cholmondeley

John Das

Michael Poole

The Strange Case of the Law: Episode 2: The Pursuit of Liberty

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Episode 2: The Pursuit of Liberty

The Pursuit of Liberty

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17th and 18th-century men who used the law to challenge tyranny and the abuse of power.

Harry Potter relives the struggles and achievements of the 17th and 18th-century figures who used the law to challenge tyranny and the abuse of power.

Many of the rights and freedoms we take for granted today were forged during the turbulent 17th and 18th centuries, when courageous men used the law to challenge tyranny and the abuse of power. 

Harry Potter relives the struggles and achievements of these extraordinary figures. They include the barrister who risked assassination and eternal damnation to put the king of England on trial for his crimes against the people; the civil rights activist who was banished to Oliver Cromwell's equivalent of Guantanamo Bay; and the pillar of the establishment whose radical judgement rocked the slave trade, triggering its ultimate abolition.

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