Making Rights Real: The Human Rights Act in its First Decade (Human Rights Law in Perspective) - Hardcover

Leigh, Ian; Masterman, Roger

 
9781841133539: Making Rights Real: The Human Rights Act in its First Decade (Human Rights Law in Perspective)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1841133531 ISBN 13: 9781841133539
Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Ten years after the passing of the Human Rights Act 1998, it is timely to evaluate the Act's effectiveness. The focus of Making Rights Real is on the extent to which the Act has delivered on the promise to 'bring rights home'. To that end the book considers how the judiciary, parliament and the executive have performed in the new roles that the Human Rights Act requires them to play and the courts' application of the Act in different legal spheres. This account cuts through the rhetoric and controversy surrounding the Act, generated by its champions and detractors alike, to reach a measured assessment. The true impact in public law, civil law, criminal law and on anti-terrorism legislation are each considered. Finally, the book discusses whether we are now nearer to a new constitutional settlement and to the promised new 'rights culture'.

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About the Authors

Ian Leigh is Professor of Law at Durham University and a member of the Durham Human Rights Centre.

Roger Masterman is Lecturer in Law at Durham University and a member of the Durham Human Rights Centre.

Colin Harvey is Professor of Human Rights Law, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, UK.

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Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1841133531
ISBN 13 
9781841133539
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264