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Informationen zum Autor Conor Gearty is Rausing of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. He has published widely on terrorism, civil liberties and human rights. He is also a barrister and was a founder member of Matrix chambers from where he continues to practice. He has been a frequent adviser to judges, practitioners and public authorities on the implications of the UK Human Rights Act, and has frequently lectured at home and abroad on the topic of human rights. He has appeared in human rights cases in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. 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 provides a fresh, clear, and stimulating approach to civil liberties by tying the law and practice of the subject firmly to democratic and political rights. The author examines the key civil liberties of our democratic age: the right to vote; the rights to life, liberty and security of the person; the freedoms of thought, conscience, expression, association and assembly; the prohibition on torture and inhuman and degrading treatment; and discusses the contemporary challenges that civil liberties face, including globalisation and the war on terror. 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 ...
