Human rights: The 1998 act and the European convention - Hardcover

Stephen Grosz; Peter Duffy; Jack Beatson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0421630604 ISBN 13: 9780421630604

Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell, 2000

Synopsis

This title provides a comprehensive and discursive analysis of both the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights. It provides clause-by-clause commentary on the Act in Part I, article-by-article commentary on the ECHR in Part II, including the case law under each article, and reproduced material (Human Rights Act 1998, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) and detailed guidance on where to find Convention case law in Part III. * High-level, analytical, practitioner text covering domestic human rights law, stemming from the HRA 1998 and the ECHR * Clarifies the principles Strasbourg institutions have adopted in interpreting and applying the Convention * Shows how the law has been interpreted by the domestic and Strasbourg courts * Author team of distinction supplies a broad viewpoint from the academic and practitioner perspectives

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Review

This book clearly sets out the rights in a commentary that succinctly includes the relevant case law.This work... will likely play an important role in the legal education of the profession, besides providing a useful handbook and reference to the scope and meaning of human rights as developed by the institutions in Strasbourg.This work... will likely play an important role in the legal education of the profession, besides providing a useful handbook and reference to the scope and meaning of human rights as developed by the institutions in Strasbourg. The authors provide a succinct account of how they see the HRA in operation, taking into account the status of the European Convention in UK law, the status of Strasbourg 'jurisprudence', the impact of the HRA on the legislative process and the scope of protection... Legal Week.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0421630604
• ISBN 13: 9780421630604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440