David Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP gives a talk on human rights for the Hands Lecture 2014, Mansfield College. The lecture is in its 12th year and is recognition for the generosity of Guy and Julia Hands to the College.
Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Eight Centuries after Runnymede
David Boies has conducted many of the leading commercial, constitutional and civil liberties cases in the US. He represented Vice President Al Gore in "Bush v Gore" and the Justice Department in "United States v Microsoft", and has led the battle for civil rights on many fronts including the right of marriage for gay citizens.
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