Klug / Starmer / Weir The Three Pillars of Liberty

Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-86418-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klug, Francesca

Starmer, Keir

Weir, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreward Part 1 Introduction 1. Political Freedom in the UK 2. Auditing Political Rights and Freedoms Panel How to Use this Book Part 2. The UK's Arrangements for Protecting Political Rights Introduction The Three Pillars of Freedom Index Ensuring and Securing Democratic Rights 3. Government and the Parliamentary Watchdog 4. The Culture of Liberty 5. The Passage of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 6. How the Courts Protect Political Rights 7. Equal Access to Political Rights Conclusions 'The British Way of Doing Things' Part 3. Political Rights and Freedoms - The Audit 8. The Ascendancy of Official Secrecy Freedom of Information 9. A Freedom too Governed by Law Freedom of Expression 10. The Residual Right of Public Protest Freedom of Assembly 11. The Mixed Record 12. The Chilling Effect of State Surveillance State Surveillance 13. The Use of Force, Arrest and Detention Life and Personal Liberty 14. Britain's Missing Voters The Right to Vote and Stand for Election Part 4. The Balance Sheet 15. Findings and Conclusions Appendix 1 The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom Appendix 2 The ICCPR Appendix 3 the ECHR Table of Cases Human Rights Instruments Used Bibliography