The Future of Human Rights in the United Kingdom - Essays on Law and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Sir Rabinder Singh is a Lord Justice of Appeal (a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales) and President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Klappentext This text explores the future of human rights in the UK, examining the practical implications of incorporating the European Convention on human rights into domestic law. It also looks at three specific rights - freedom of speech, privacy and freedom of movement - to see how they might develop. Zusammenfassung Originating in a series of public symposia at Queen Mary and Westfield College, this book of essays sets out a vision of the future of human rights in this country. It will be of interest to non-lawyers as well as to lawyers who are interested in this topical issue.The book tries to dispel some of the myths about judicial protection of human rights. It examines the practical implications of incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law. It also looks at three specific rights: freedom of speech, privacy and freedom of movement to see how they might develop in the future. Finally it suggests ways in which the courts' procedures could be improved to promote public interest litigation, especially in human rights cases, thus permitting the hearing of a greater number of important test cases. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Protection of Human Rights in English Public Law 2. How to Incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights3. Of Myth and Reality: Judges as Guardians of Human Rights4. The Indirect Regulation of Speech: A Time and a Place for Everything?5. The Protection of Privacy in English Public Law6. Freedom of Movement as a Human Right in English Law7. The Future of Public Interest Litigation

Product details

• Authors: R. Singh, Rabinder Singh
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1997
• EAN: 9781901362206
• ISBN: 978-1-901362-20-6
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Wales / Cymru