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Zusatztext The introductory chapter, providing background and dealing with interpretation, brings together a wide range of useful information … and is a good starting point for the keen student … The book is characterised by clarity of explanation combined with detailed treatment that manages to incorporate much more than one might expect from a book that addresses such wide-ranging issues. Informationen zum Autor Merris Amos is Profesor of Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London. She has many years of experience in researching and teaching human rights law and has published widely in the area. Her particular area of expertise is the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act. Zusammenfassung This textbook comprehensively examines and analyses the interpretation and application of the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998. The third edition has been fully updated to include the last seven years of case law.Part I covers key procedural issues including: the background to the Act; the relationship between UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights; the definition of victim and public authority; determining incompatibility including deference and proportionality; the impact of the Act on primary legislation; and damages and other remedies for the violation of Convention rights. In Part II of the book, the Convention rights, as interpreted and applied by United Kingdom courts, are examined in detail. All of the key Convention rights are discussed including: the right to life; freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; the right to liberty; fair trial; the rights to private life, family life and home; freedom of religion and belief; freedom of expression; the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions; and the right to freedom from discrimination in the enjoyment of Convention rights. The third edition of Human Rights Law will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and practising in the areas of United Kingdom human rights law, constitutional law and administrative law. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ITHE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1. Background and Interpretation 1. The Protection of Human Rights Prior to the Human Rights Act 2. Background to the Human Rights Act 3. Purpose of the Human Rights Act 4. Structure of the Human Rights Act 5. Convention Rights given Further Effect 6. Principles of Interpretation 7. UK Courts and the European Court of Human Rights 8. Other Aids to Interpretation 9. The Protection of Human Rights via the Common Law and EU Law 10. Reform of the Human Rights Act 2. The Benefit and Burden of the Human Rights Act 1. Introduction 2. The Benefit of Convention Rights: Victims 3. The Burden of Convention Rights: Public Authorities 4. Core Public Authorities 5. Hybrid Public Authorities 6. Private Bodies 3. The ‘Acts’ to which the Human Rights Act Applies 1. Introduction 2. Limitation Period 3. Retrospective Effect 4. Acts which Occur Outside of the United Kingdom: Extra-territorial Effect 5. Failure to Act: Positive Duties6. Satellite Litigation 4. Determining Incompatibility 1. Introduction 2. Prescribed by Law 3. Necessary 4. Proportionality 5. Deference 6. Deference in Practice 5. The Defence of Primary Legislation 1. Introduction 2. Section 6(2) Human Rights Act 3. Section 3 Human Rights Act 4. Section 4 Human Rights Act 5. Subordinate (Secondary) Legislation 6. The Use of Hansard and Other Materials in Compatibility Cases 7. Section 19 Human Rights Act: Statements of Compatibility 6. Remedies 1. Introduction 2. Just and Appropriate 3. Effective 4. The Power to Award Damages 5. Court Must have the Power to Award Damages 6. Just Satisfaction 7. The Principles Applied by the European Court of Human Rights 8. The Level of Damages 9. Damages: Article 2 10. Damages: Article 3 11. Damages: Article 5 12. Damages: Article 6 13. Damage...
