Subjects:

Blackstone Legislation Guides, Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Table of Secondary Legislation

Table of International Conventions

1 Introduction

2 The Framework of the European Convention on Human Rights

3. The Framework of the Human Rights Act

4. The Operation of the Human Rights Act

5. Bringing a Claim under the Human Rights Act

6. Human Rights Act Remedies for Breaches of Convention Rights

7 The Interaction between Convention Principles and European Union Law

8. Convention Rights and the Human Rights Act

9. When Rights have not been Brought Home: Taking a Case to Strasbourg

10. Researching Human Rights Jurisprudence

APPENDICES

1 - Text of the Human Rights Act 1998

2 - Human Rights Act 1998 Rules and Practice Directions

3 - The Government's White Paper

4 - Extracts from Hansard

5 - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol 11

6 - ECHR Authority and Complaint Form

7 - EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Out Of Print

Even after a mere two years, it is possible to form a reasonably clear impression as to what are likely be the ultimate consequences of the ECHR being made part of our domestic law. It is already obvious that the result will be changes, significant changes, to our constitutional arrangements"" Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales The Human Rights Act 1998 brought the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. Since this important, constitutional Act came into force it has had a momentous impact on our legal system. For example: Challenges to the human rights compatibility of primary legislation have led to the amendment of Acts of Parliament (for instance the Mental Health Act)

Significant areas of criminal law have been reviewed - including some statutory presumptions and assumptions (for example on the possession of drugs); The test for judicial review in human rights cases has been substantially altered; The right to life has been used to improve coroners' inquests but has not been held to grant a right to die; The competing rights of privacy and freedom of expression have been instrumental in determining cases where celebrities have tried to prevent...