On Censorship

Anthony Julius

The Woolf Institute Lecture Series offers us the opportunity to listen to talks by senior British academics, politicians and activists. The second event in the 2019-20 series took place on Thursday 13 February 2020 with a talk by Anthony Julius entitled 'On Censorship'.

Anthony Julius is a highly regarded lawyer and Deputy Chairman of Mishcon de Reya. Julius is famous for his defence of Deborah Lipstadt in the David Irving v Penguin Books trial. As a recognised academic, he holds the Chair in Law and Arts in the Faculty of Law, University College London and is a noted author who has written extensively on law, literature, art and culture.