Developing Key Privacy Rights: The Impact of the Human Rights Act of 1998 (Justice (Hart))

With incorporation into domestic law of the European Convention on Human Rights, there is for the first time a right to privacy in the UK. This comprehensive report looks at the question of privacy rights generally under Article 8. In particular, it examines two important areas: the balance between privacy and freedom of expression in the media and the respect for privacy in a public space, and untangles the meaning of concepts such as the public interest defense. Drawing on comparative material from other countries, the report is a valuable indicator as to the likely development of the concept of privacy through both the courts and public policy following the introduction of the Human Rights Act. Key issues include privacy and freedom of expression, as well as privacy in public spaces. With the incorporation into domestic law of the European Convention on Human Rights,the UK courts will increasingly be called upon to strike the balance between the potentially conflicting rights of the right to privacy under Article 8 and the right to freedom of expression under Article 10. This book looks at the legal and constitutional development of both these rights and the relationship between them in several other countries: France, Germany, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and before the European Court of Human Rights. With a particular focus on cases concerning the media, it is an important source for all those interested in the development of these areas of law under the Human Rights Act. Contributors: Madeleine Colvin; Catherine Dupré; Rosalind English; David Lindsay; Marguerite Russell; Jemima Stratford; Rosemary Tobin "With the incorporation into domestic law of the European Convention on Human Rights,the UK courts will increasingly be called upon to strike the balance between the potentially conflicting rights of the right to privacy under Article 8 and the right to freedom of expression under Article 10. This book looks at the legal and constitutional development of both these rights and the relationship between them in several other countries: France, Germany, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and before the European Court of Human Rights. With a particular focus on cases concerning the media, it is an important source for all those interested in the development of these areas of law under the Human Rights Act."--Bloomsbury Publishing Introduction / Madeleine Colvin Striking the balance : privacy v freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights / Jemima Stratford The protection of private life versus freedom of expression in French law / Catherine Duprʹe Protection of privacy and freedom of speech in Germany / Rosalind English The impact of the Charter Rights on privacy and freedom of expression in Canada / Marguerite Russell Privacy and freedom of expression in New Zealand / Rosemary Tobin Freedom of expression, privacy and the media in Australia / David Lindsay. With the incorporation into domestic law of the European Convention on Human Rights, the UK courts will increasingly be called upon to strike the balance between the potentially conflicting rights of the right to privacy under Article 8 and the right to fr This book considers the legal and constitutional development of the right to privacy and the right to freedom and the relationship between.