Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998

by JohnWadham (Author), HelenMountfield (Author), Anna Edmundson (Author), Caoilfhionn Gallagher (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $4.17

  The Blackstone's Guides Series delivers concise and accessible books covering the latest legislation changes and amendments. Published within weeks of an Act, or soon after significant legislative change, they offer expert commentary by leading names on the effects, extent and scope of the legislation, plus a full copy of the Act or legislation itself. They offer a cost-effective solution to key information needs and are the perfect companion for any practitioner needing to get up to speed with the latest changes. Human rights law in the UK continues to evolve as a result of cases from both the domestic and Strasbourg Courts. The fourth edition of this bestselling text: - Analyses the impact of Convention rights in landmark judgments from areas such as constitutional law, discrimination law and criminal law - Explains how the UK courts are exercising their interpretative obligation to read legislation compatibly with Convention rights - Examines the notion of 'judicial deference' and how it has been applied in key cases - Maps the beginnings of a divergence in approach between the UK and Strasbourg Courts to human rights protection The new edition puts these recent developments in context and provides an up-to-date, clear, and concise, explanation of how the Human Rights Act has been applied. It summarises the interpretative techniques that lawyers need to understand, highlights the latest key domestic cases, and outlines the scope of the Convention articles. This fourth edition has been rewritten and restructured, with the addition of footnotes, to ensure even greater ease of use, and contains the full text of the Human Rights Act 1998 (as amended), the European Convention on Human Rights, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.23

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $4.32

  Even after a mere two years, it is possible to form a reasonably clear impression as to what are likely be the ultimate consequences of the ECHR being made part of our domestic law. It is already obvious that the result will be changes, significant changes, to our constitutional arrangements - Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. The Human Rights Act 1998 brought the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. Since this important, constitutional Act came into force it has had a momentous impact on our legal system. For example: challenges to the human rights compatibility of primary legislation have led to the amendment of Acts of Parliament (for instance the Mental Health Act); significant areas of criminal law have been reviewed - including some statutory presumptions and assumptions (for example on the possession of drugs); the test for judicial review in human rights cases has been substantially altered; the right to life has been used to improve coroners' inquests but has not been held to grant a right to die; and the competing rights of privacy and freedom of expression have been instrumental in determining cases where celebrities have tried to prevent newspapers publishing stories about them. The third edition puts these recent developments in context and provides an up-to-date introduction to the Act and Convention. Building on the best-selling previous editions, the new guide has been extensively rewritten for even greater ease of use. Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 : provides a clear, concise explanation of how the Human Rights Act 1998 has been applied; summarizes the interpretative techniques that lawyers need to understand; outlines the scope of the Convention articles and highlights key domestic cases on relevant rights; and details further sources for research on domestic and Strasbourg human rights jurisprudence. No practitioner, law teacher, or student should be without this guide. All royalties from sales are donated to liberty's work in protecting civil liberties and promoting human rights.