The UK and European Human Rights: A Strained Relationship? (Modern Studies in European Law) - Hardcover

Elizabeth Wicks; Katja S Ziegler; Loveday Hodson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849467951 ISBN 13: 9781849467957

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The UK’s engagement with the legal protection of human rights at a European level has been, at varying stages, pioneering, sceptical and antagonistic. The UK government, media and public opinion have all at times expressed concerns about the growing influence of European human rights law, particularly in the controversial contexts of prisoner voting and deportation of suspected terrorists as well as in the context of British military action abroad. British politicians and judges have also, however, played important roles in drafting, implementing and interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights. Its incorporation into domestic law in the Human Rights Act 1998 intensified the ongoing debate about the UK’s international and regional human rights commitments. Furthermore, the increasing importance of the European Union in the human rights sphere has added another layer to the relationship and highlights the complex relationship(s) between the UK government, the Westminster Parliament and judges in the UK, Strasbourg and Luxembourg.

The book analyses the topical and contentious issue of the relationship between the UK and the European systems for the protection of human rights (ECHR and EU) from doctrinal, contextual and comparative perspectives and explores factors that influence the relationship of the UK and European human rights.

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About the Author

Katja S Ziegler is Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law, Elizabeth Wicks is Professor of Human Rights Law and Loveday Hodson is Senior Lecturer in Law, all at the University of Leicester.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849467951
• ISBN 13: 9781849467957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Elizabeth Wicks, Katja S Ziegler, Loveday Hodson