Human Rights Law in Scotland - Softcover

Reed, Robert; Murdoch, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184766556X ISBN 13: 9781847665560

Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional, 2011

Synopsis

Written by two distinguished authors, this guide explores the impact of human rights legislation in Scotland and provides a comprehensive review of ECHR jurisprudence, as well as relevant domestic legislation, case law, and an overview of Strasbourg enforcement machinery. It will be essential reading for students, legal practitioners, government agencies, and others who require a clear and up-to-date guide to the application of European human rights law in Scotland. Contents includes: ECHR and Scottish law * European protection of human rights * applying the ECHR * physical integrity: life, torture and inhuman treatment, servitude, and liberty of person * fair administration of justice * private and family life and education * civil and political liberties: thought, expression, assembly and association, and free elections * property rights * Appendices: the Human Rights Act 1998, and relevant sections of both the Scotland Act 1998 and the ECHR.

About this title

About the Author

The Hon Lord Reed is Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland and Jim Murdoch is Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184766556X
• ISBN 13: 9781847665560
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1129