Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights

by RichardStone (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

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  The eighth edition of Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights continues to provide a straightforward and stimulating account of this fascinating area of law. It covers all the main areas of undergraduate courses on civil liberties and human rights, including police powers, freedom of expression, terrorism, and public order. Throughout the text the law is set in its social and political context. There is full discussion of the law that continues to develop as a result of the Human Rights Act 1998, as well as analysis of the ongoing significance of decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, containing twice-yearly updates and a list of web links.

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  Paperback
  2004

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  The fifth edition of this established textbook provides a clear and manageable commentary on this important area of law. With the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights providing the overall context, the book deals with all the main areas which are covered in English law courses on civil liberties. It will also provide useful reading for some aspects of courses in public law. Among the topics covered are police powers, freedom of expression (including official secrets, obscenity and contempt of court), public order, privacy, asylum and discrimination. Two chapters at the beginning of the book deal with the nature of the protection of rights under the British constitution and the important contribution of the Human Rights Act 1998, with its ever-increasing case law. This is a book which students find accessible, but which contains sufficient analysis to encourage exploration of the more difficult aspects of the subject.

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  Hardcover
  2002

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  This title has been revised and updated to take account of the case law relating to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The final chapter has been rewritten to summarize the impact of the Human Rights Act in the time since it was enacted. The influence of European law is shown in many areas throughout the text by the inclusion of case law from not only domestic courts but also from the ECHR. This edition also includes sections on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in Chapter 4, entry search and seizure, coverage of the Criminal Justice and Police Powers Act 2001, more on deportation and asylum in Chapter 9, as well as coverage of the changes in detention.