Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study

Fedtke, Jorg (Edited by)/ Oliver, Dawn (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 0415443512 / ISBN 13: 9780415443517

Published by Routledge Cavendish, 2007

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604 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.65 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415443512
• ISBN 13: 9780415443517
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.12 kilograms

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Synopsis

Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study , focusing primarily on civil and political rights, analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights and freedoms and private law.

About the Author

Dawn Oliver is Professor of Constitutional Law at University College London. She is particularly interested in constitutional reform, the UK Human Rights Act 1998, and the public law/private law divide. She recently published Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom (OUP, 2003) and is co-editor of The Changing Constitution (OUP, 6th edn 2007). In 2005 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

Jörg Fedtke is Reader in Laws at University College London, where he is Director of the Institute of Global Law. He also holds a post as Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches European Union and comparative constitutional law. In 2005 he was invited by the United Nations to act as an external advisor to the constitutional negotiations in Iraq. His research interests are in constitutional law, administrative law, comparative methodology and tort law.