Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Blackstone Legislation Guides

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Framework of the European Court of Human Rights

3. The Framework of the Human Rights Act 1998

4. The Operation of the Human Rights Act 1998

5. Bringing a Claim under the Human Rights Act 1998

6. Human Rights Act 1998 Remedies for Breaches of Convention Righs

7. Interaction between Convention Principles and EU Law

8. Convention Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998

9. Taking a Case to Strasbourg

10. Researching Human Rights Jurisprudence

Appendix 1 - The Human Rights Act 1998, as amended

Appendix 2

A. Civil Procedure Rules and Directions

B. Family Proceedings Rules

C. Criminal Appeal Rules Appendix 3 - The Government's White Paper

Appendix 4 - Extracts from Hansard

Appendix 5 - European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

Appendix 6 - European Court of Human Rights - Application

Appendix 7 - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Appendix 8 - Draft Equality Bill (extracts)

Human rights law in the UK continues to evolve as a result of cases from both the domestic and Strasbourg Courts. The fourth edition of this bestselling text:-

• Analyses the impact of Convention rights in landmark judgments from areas such as constitutional law, discrimination law and criminal law
• Explains how the UK courts are exercising their interpretative obligation to read legislation compatibly with Convention rights
• Examines the notion of 'judicial deference' and how it has been applied in key cases
• Maps the beginnings of a divergence in approach between the UK and Strasbourg Courts to human rights protection

The new edition puts these recent developments in context and provides an up-to-date, clear, and concise, explanation of how the Human Rights Act has been applied. It summarises the interpretative techniques that lawyers need to understand, highlights the latest key domestic cases, and outlines the scope of the Convention articles.

This fourth edition has been rewritten and restructured, with the addition of footnotes, to ensure even greater ease of use, and contains the full text of the Human Rights Act 1998 (as amended), the European Convention on Human Rights, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. New to this edition:-

• Analyses the impact of Convention rights in landmark judgments from areas such as constitutional law, discrimination law and criminal law
• Explains how the UK courts are exercising their interpretative obligation to read legislation compatibly with Convention rights
• Examines the notion of 'judicial deference' and how it has been applied in key cases
• Maps the beginnings of a divergence in approach between the UK and Strasbourg Courts to human rights protection