Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Part I. From Theory to Practice: the Nature of Civil Liberties and Human Rights

The Political Philosophy of Civil Liberties

Ways of Identifying and Protecting Rights and Liberties

Part II. Equal Respect, Equal Autonomy and Equal Opportunity

The Nature of Equality

Anti-Discrimination Law

The Right to Equality, Gender, Sexuality and Religion

Health-Care Rights

The Right to Decide

Part III. Life, Liberty and Physical Integrity

The Right to Life

Other Rights to Bodily Integrity

Freedom from Arbitrary Stop, Search, Arrest and Detention

Rights Under Restraint

Freedom of Movement into and Out of Britain

Part IV. Privacy

The Scope of Legal Privacy

Freedom from Unreasonable Entries, Searches and Seizures

Protecting Confidences

Sex, Sexual Activity and Family Life

Part V. Expression

Freedom of Expression

Media Freedom

Restricting Expression to Protect the Security of the State

Restricting Expression to Protect Mixed Public and Private Interests: Blasphemy, Obscenity and Indecency

Restricting Expression to Further a Public Interest

Protest and Public Order

Part VI. Liberty and Political Will

Index

This new edition has been extensively updated and revised. Developments such as the growing importance of the ECHR, the increased commitment of the EC to human rights, and the election of a Labour government in the UK which is determined to increase respect for rights and civil liberties have necessitated substantial rewriting in some parts.

A new section on equality and discrimination law has been added. Material has been added or rewritten on the role of human rights in the EU, the growing recognition of the importance of monitoring and enforcement systems, and different approaches to the issue of privacy, amongst others. New legislation, such as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, is also discussed.