Human Rights and the United Kingdom Supreme Court

Informationen zum Autor Brice Dickson is Professor of International and Comparative Law at Queen's University Belfast and a former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. He has published widely on human rights and on judicial activism, particularly at the level of the House of Lords and Supreme Court. Klappentext How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book provides the first comprehensive overview of human rights in the highest UK court, criticizing the failure of UK judges to develop the common law in sympathy with human rights. Zusammenfassung How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book provides the first comprehensive overview of human rights in the highest UK court, criticizing the failure of UK judges to develop the common law in sympathy with human rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Supreme Court and its Conception of Human Rights 3: Approaches to the Human Rights Act 4: The Right to Life 5: The Right not to be Ill-Treated 6: The Right to Liberty 7: The Right to a Fair Trial 8: The Right to a Private and Family Life 9: The Rights to Believe, Associate, and Marry 10: The Right to Free Speech 11: Equality and Freedom from Discrimination 12: The Right to Property 13: Conclusion Appendices 1: Law Lords and Justices since the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 2: Biographies of current Supreme Court Justices 3: Decisions by the House of Lords or Supreme Court considered by the European Commision or Court of Human Rights Bibliography

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• Authors: Dickson, Brice Dickson, Brice (Professor of International and Com Dickson, Brice (Professor of International and Comparative Law Dickson, Dickson Brice
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199697458
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969745-8
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties