Understanding Human Rights Principles

Peck, Lib; Jowell, Jeffrey

ISBN 10: 1841131695 / ISBN 13: 9781841131696

Published by Hart Publishing, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Human Rights Principles
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841131695
• ISBN 13: 9781841131696
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Human rights are brought to life by a number of defining principles. This text explores each of those principles in depth through comprehensive,informative and provocative papers written by prominent and distinguished practitioners and legal academics. These papers were first delivered at a series of seminars organised by JUSTICE and University College London.

Contents:
Foreword by the Hon. Mr Justice Richards

Introduction by Jeffrey Jowell QC and Jonathan Cooper

The concept of a lawful interference with fundamental rights - Helen Mountfield

Identifying the principles of proportionality - Michael Fordham and Thomas de la Mare

Dertermining civil rights and obligations - Javan Herberg, Andrew le Sueur and Jane Mulcahy

Positive obligations under the Convention - Keir Starmer

The horizontal effect of the Human Rights Act: moving beyond the public-private distinction - Murray Hunt

The place of the Human Rights Act in a democratic society - Rabinder Singh

Part of the Justice Series.

About the Authors

Jeffrey Jowell KC is Professor of Public Law and Dean of the Faculty of Laws at University College London and a practising Barrister at Blackstone Chambers.

Dr Jonathan Cooper was born in 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and educated in Cannock, Staffordshire. He served in the Merchant Navy and in the Royal Air Force, before undertaking an MLitt and PhD from Glasgow University in battlefield and conflict archaeology. His previous work includes the first in-depth study of his hometown battle at Linlithgow Bridge.