Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World’s Legal Bookshop Search Results for isbn: '9781901362725'

Book of the Month

Borderlines in Private Law

Edited by: William Day, Julius Grower

Price: £90.00

Buy

More Information

Lord Denning: Life, Law and Legacy

Welcome to Wildys

Watch

NEW EDITION
The Law of Rights of Light 2nd ed

Jonathan Karas

Offers for Newly Called Barristers & Students

Special Discounts for Newly Called & Students

Secondhand & Out of Print

Browse Secondhand Online

Using Human Rights Law in English Courts

Murray Hunt

ISBN13: 9781901362725

ISBN: 1901362728

Published: March 1997

Publisher: Hart Publishing

Country of Publication: UK

Format: Paperback

Price: £100.00

Convert Currency

Buy

Despatched in 5 to 7 days.

Also available as

eBook (ePub)
9781847316721

£90.00

The primary purpose of this book is to demonstrate the scope that already exists for using international human rights law in English courts, regardless of its status as 'incorporated' or 'unincorporated'. Murray Hunt addresses directly what are commonly supposed to be the theoretical obstacles to using human rights law in Engl

Subjects:: Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:: The protection of human rights in English public law. How to incorporate the European Convention on human rights: introduction - the contents of an incorporation act; the purposes of incorporation; the mechanics of incorporation - eligibility to rely on the ECHR, on whom should the incorporation act be binding?, to what extent should the incorporation act be "entrenched"?, what should be the remedies for breach of the ECHR under domestic law?, should there be a Human Rights Commission?, should there be a separate constitutional court?; conclusion. Of myth and reality - judges as guardians of human rights: the myth of adequate protection by "Wednesbury"; unreasonableness; the myth of judicial supremacism; the myth of negative rights. The indirect regulation of speech - a time and a place for everything?: direct and indirect regulation; the American experience - content-based restrictions on speech, regulations of conduct which incidentally affect speech, content-neutral restrictions; an alternative scheme - a new classification, the appropriate degree of protection; "necessary to serve a compelling interest" - the target of the regulation, the severity of the restriction, the timing of the restricting, the location of the expressive activity, the width of discretion vested in the state; a case study; conclusion. The protection of privacy in English public law. Freedom of movement as a human right in English law. The future of public interest litigation: introduction; public interest litigation in the past; the private dispute model; the role of non-governmental organisations - supporting individuals, applications by groups; third-party intervention; conclusions.