Civil Liberties & Human Rights

11. Revised Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-874427-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 872 g

Civil Liberties and Human Rights provides a straightforward and stimulating account of this fascinating area of law.

This essential textbook covers all the key topics on undergraduate human rights modules including crucial areas such as police powers, privacy, freedom of expression, terrorism and public order.

Detailed analysis of key cases throughout puts the law into context and encourages students to engage with contemporary issues and debates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Richard

Costigan, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- 2: The Human Rights Act 1998: Overview

- 3: Personal liberty (Article 5) I: Stop, search, and arrest

- 4: Personal liberty (Article 5) II: Detention and questioning

- 5: Right to a fair trial: Article 6

- 6: Article 8: Right to respect for private life

- 7: Freedom of expression (Article 10) I: Official secrets and freedom of information

- 8: Freedom of expression (Article 10) II: Obscenity and indecency

- 9: Freedom to protest and public order law

- 10: Terrorism and human rights

- 11: Freedom from discrimination (Article 14)

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Costigan is Associate Professor at Swansea University

Richard Stone is Emeritus Professor of Law and Human Rights at the University of Lincoln