Civil Liberties

Informationen zum Autor Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext This title traces the origin of the term, civil liberties, and what it has come to mean today. The author argues that the protection of civil liberties is a vital front in the struggle to preserve political freedom and that a proper understanding of and commitment to civil liberties has never been more important. Zusammenfassung This book traces the origins of the term, civil liberties, unpicking its various layers of meaning and explaining what it has come to mean today. Gearty argues that the protection of civil liberties is a vital front in the struggle to preserve political freedom and that a proper understanding of and commitment to civil liberties has never been more important. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Foundations 1: Introduction 2: Theoretical foundations 3: Democratic freedom and national insecurity Part II: Protecting civil liberties in a democratic state 4: The right to vote 5: The prohibition on torture and the rights to life and security of the person 6: The freedoms of thought, conscience, expression, association and assembly: the right to a political life 7: Freedom of information Part III: Contemporary challenges 8: National security and civil liberties 9: Civil liberties beyond the nation state: the EU 10: Civil liberties in a global age Part IV: Conclusion 11: Renewing civil liberties

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• Authors: Conor Gearty, Conor ( Gearty, Conor (Director Gearty, Conor A. Gearty, Conor Anthony Gearty, Professor Conor Anthony Gearty
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2007
• EAN: 9780199283002
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928300-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Clarendon Law Series; Clarendon Law; Clarendon Law Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; England, Wales, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Civil Rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Wales / Cymru