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Blackstone Legislation Guides

The Human Rights Act 1998 and the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights should have a significant impact in the constitutional balance between the citizen and the state. The Act ensures that the rights in the Convention are binding on all public bodies or those that exercise public functions.;This book analyzes the sophisticated approach of the Act, contains statements of the government during its passage through parliament and looks at the potential issues of conflict between the Convention and the current law.