The Problem with Human Rights Law

Dr Michael Arnheim (or 'Doctor Mike', as he is commonly known) is a practising London barrister and sometime fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has written 15 published books to date, including The Handbook of Human Rights Law, Principles of the Common Law and The US Constitution for Dummies. Michael Arnheim entered Johannesburg's Witwatersrand University at the age of 16, taking a first class BA in history and classics at the age of 19, first class honours at 20 and an MA with distinction at the age of 21. He then went up to St John's College, Cambridge, on a scholarship. There he was awarded a PhD in record time and it was published by the Oxford University Press. He was subsequently elected a fellow of St John's College, where he continued to do research and teach classics, especially ancient history. At the age of 31 he was appointed a full professor and head of the department of classics back at his old university in South Africa. After some years in that position he returned to Britain, where he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1988 and continues to practise as a London barrister.