Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998
Subtitle: contemporary themes and perspectives
By: edited by Nicolas Kang-Riou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780415674706; 9780203122792
Subjects: Human rights; Civil rights; Great Britain
Table of contents: title: Confronting the legalization of human rights: a counterpoint / Nicolas Kang-Riou; title: The HRA: origins and intentions / Francesca Klug; title: High points and low points in the first 10 years: a view from the bench / Brenda Hale; title: Human rights protection in Australia: the commonwealth's odd one out? / Michael Kirby; title: Inspired by the HRA: the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and responsibilities / Diane Sisely; title: The HRA in an age of terror / Irene Khan; title: Repatriating churchill's legacy / Keith Ewing; title: Limits and achievements of the HRA from the socio-economic point of view: the HRA, poverty and social exclusion / Alice Donald and Elizabeth Mottershaw; title: The Human Rights Act and assisted suicide: the (most) unkindest cut of all? / Jo Milner and Lisbeth Bourne; title: What potential does the HRA hold for domestic violence groups? / Ronagh McQuigg; title: Feminism, women, rape and social change / Catherine Little and Kate Cook; title: Testimony, tolerance and hospitality: the limitations of the HRA in relation to asylum seekers / Suryia Nayak and Revive & The Salford Forum for Refugees & People Seeking Asylum United for Change Campaign Group; title: The politics of protest and the HRA / Peter Tatchell; title: Blacklisting of trade-unionists: what is the point of human rights law? / Dave Smith and Keith Ewing; title: Security, citizenship and responsibilities beyond the HRA: towards a British bill of rights and responsibilities in the UK / Derek McGhee; title: The HRA or a British bill of rights: riding back on human rights' protection? / Helen Fenwick.