Human Rights: The 1998 Act and the European Convention - Hardcover

Grosz, Stephen; Beatson, Mr Justice; QC, Peter Duffy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0421630604 ISBN 13: 9780421630604

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell, 1999

Synopsis

The Human Rights Act 1998 affects almost every area of the law. Human Rights provides authoritative guidance on the implications for the practitioner as well as an account of the constitutional background. Featuring a comprehensive analysis of the ECHR and the Human Rights Act 1998, this book sets out how the Convention affects English law and clearly explains its status, scope and impact. It clarifies the principles the Strasbourg institutions have adopted in interpreting and applying the Convention, and also covers the most important case law article by article. * Focuses on the application of the Human Rights Act in practice * Anticipates questions that courts are likely to encounter when giving effect to the Convention through the common law and the Act * Considers available remedies and judicial review

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Review

This book clearly sets out the rights in a commentary that succinctly includes the relevant case law.This work... will likely play an important role in the legal education of the profession, besides providing a useful handbook and reference to the scope and meaning of human rights as developed by the institutions in Strasbourg.This work... will likely play an important role in the legal education of the profession, besides providing a useful handbook and reference to the scope and meaning of human rights as developed by the institutions in Strasbourg. The authors provide a succinct account of how they see the HRA in operation, taking into account the status of the European Convention in UK law, the status of Strasbourg 'jurisprudence', the impact of the HRA on the legislative process and the scope of protection... Legal Week.

About the Author

The authors are all well-known for their experience in human rights law:

Sir Jack Beatson FBA is a Justice of the High Court and was formerly Rouse Ball Professor of Law in the University of Cambridge;

Stephen Grosz is Head of Public Law & Human Rights at solicitors Bindman & Partners;

Tom Hickman is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers;

Stephanie Palmer is a Senior Lecturer in Law in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Girton College; and

Rabinder Singh QC is a barrister at Matrix Chambers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0421630604
• ISBN 13: 9780421630604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512