Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Part 1: Theories of Rights and their Legal Protection in the UK

1. The Nature of Rights and Liberties

2. The European Convention on Human Rights

3. Methods of Protecting Civil Liberties in the UK: The Bill of Rights Debate

4. The Human Rights Act 1998

Part 2: Expression

5. Restraining Freedom of Expression Under the Law of Contempt

6. Restraining Freedom of Expression on the Grounds of Offensiveness, of Protecting Morality and Religious Sensibilities: Hate Speech, Censorship, Licensing and Regulation of the Visual Media

7. Official Secrecy and Freedom of Information

8. Freedom of Protest and Assembly

Part 3: The Protection of Privacy

9. Protection for Personal Information

10. Powers of the Security and Intelligence Services: State Surveillance - Search and Seizure of Property

Part 4: Personal Liberty

11. Freedom from Arbitrary Search, Arrest and Detention: Suspects’

Rights in Criminal Investigations

12. Police Questioning: Safeguards for Suspects

13. Redress for Police Malpractice

14. Anti-terrorism Law and Policy: Extending Emergency Legislation

Part 5: Equality

15. Anti-discrimination Legislation

More than merely describing developments in the field of civil liberties and human rights, this comprehensive and challenging textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage and analysis of the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 in an era in which human rights are coming increasingly under pressure.

Extensively re-written and updated since the last edition, here Helen Fenwick considers the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, paying particular attention to Labour legislation, especially in the fields of criminal justice and terrorism.

This book:-

• considers recent key domestic decisions in the post-Human Rights Act era, including Campbell, A and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Dept, Ghaidan v Mendoza, R(Gillan) v Commisioner of Police of the Metropolis
• contains a new chapter on important developments in counter-terrorism law - covering the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 and the Terrorism Acts 2005 and 2006
• analyzes key developments in the sphere of media freedom, including the impact of the Communications Act 2003, Pro-life Alliance and Campbell
• explores new developments in criminal justice, including the Serious and Organized Crime Act 2005 addresses the changes in the field of anti-discrimination law, including the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003 and Equality Act 2006.