Legal Challenges to the Far-Right - Lessons From England and Wales

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017) issued under title: Challenging right-wing extremism in England and Wales and Greece: tools available in international, European and national law

List of contents

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION;
CHAPTER TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS;
CHAPTER THREE: INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK;
CHAPTER FOUR: EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK;
CHAPTER FIVE: THE FAR-RIGHT MOVEMENT AND CRIMINAL LAW;
CHAPTER SIX: LEGAL TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES;
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION;

About the author

Natalie Alkiviadou, PhD, is a lecturer in European Union Law and Human Rights. Her research expertise lies in human rights, international and European law, focusing on the far-right as well as particular aspects of the far-right, to include online and offline hate speech and hate crime.

Summary

This work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in challenging the far-right and assesses the extent to which it adheres to them. It looks at the role of criminal law in tackling hate speech and hate crime and assesses how English law deals with political parties which may deviate from agreed norms and principles.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Alkiviadou, Natalie (Justitia Alkiviadou
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367407063
• ISBN: 978-0-367-40706-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LAW / Comparative, International Law, Politics & government, Terrorism, armed struggle, Politics and government, comparative law, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Civil rights & citizenship, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Penology and punishment, Human rights, civil rights, Penology & punishment, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Law and society, sociology of law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law