Human Rights and the End of Empire - Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

Zusatztext a very well written book! based on meticulous scholarship! with a convincing argument! and on a theme of great interest and importance! especially since September 11th. Informationen zum Autor A. W. Brian Simpson is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Klappentext The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence! of the part played in its genesis by the British government! and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966. Zusammenfassung The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection which has yet been invented. This is a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, and of the part played in its genesis by the British government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on the Paperback Edition Preface Abbreviations 1: Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, and the World of the Common Law 2: The Mechanisms of Repression 3: The International Protection of Individual Rights Before 1939 4: The Ideological Response to War: Codes of Human Rights 5: Human Rights and the Structure of the Brave New World 6: The Burdens of Empire 7: The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy 8: Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative 9: Conflict Abroad and at Home 10: The Growing Disillusion 11: Britain and the Western Option 12: From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe 13: A Convention on the Right Lines: The Rival Texts 14: The Conclusion of Negotiations and the Rearguard Action 15: The First Protocol 16: Ratification and its Consequences 17: Emergencies and Derogations 18: The First Cyprus Case 19: The Outcome of the Two Applications 20: Coming In, Rather Reluctantly, From the Cold Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: A. W Brian Simpson, A. W. Simpson, A. W. Brian Simpson, Alfred William Brian Simpson, Brian Simpson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780199267897
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926789-7
• No. of pages: 1178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, British Isles, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law