Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the United Kingdom - Hardcover

Jack Beatson; Stephen Grosz; Tom Hickman; Stephanie Palmer; Rabinder Singh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0421902507 ISBN 13: 9780421902503

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008

Synopsis

Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the United Kingdom provides essential commentary on the Human Rights Act 1998 and examines the impact of human rights obligations on legislation. Based on Grosz, Beatson & Duffy's Human Rights-The 1998 Act and the European Convention, Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the United Kingdom examines the different ways in which human rights are protected by the domestic courts. Guidance on how sections of the Act need to be interpreted are provided, as well as an explanation of common law, European Union law, devolution legislation and other statutes. Containing the latest UK case law and examining in detail the protection of human rights in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Human Rights: Judicial Protection in the United Kingdom is an essential guide for all parts of the United Kingdom. An author team of distinction Sir Jack Beatson FBA is a Justice of the High Court and formerly Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge; Stephen Grosz is Head of Public Law and Human Rights at solicitors Bindmans LLP; Tom Hickman is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers; Rabinder Singh Q.C. is a barrister at Matrix Chambers and Stephanie Palmer is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge; barrister at Blackstone Chambers. All are well-known for their experiencein human rights law.

About this title

Synopsis

This title provides a comprehensive and discursive analysis of both the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights. It provides clause-by-clause commentary on the Act in Part I, article-by-article commentary on the ECHR in Part II, including the case law under each article, and reproduced material (Human Rights Act 1998, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) and detailed guidance on where to find Convention case law in Part III. * High-level, analytical, practitioner text covering domestic human rights law, stemming from the HRA 1998 and the ECHR * Clarifies the principles Strasbourg institutions have adopted in interpreting and applying the Convention * Shows how the law has been interpreted by the domestic and Strasbourg courts * Author team of distinction supplies a broad viewpoint from the academic and practitioner perspectives

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: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0421902507
• ISBN 13: 9780421902503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 600