The handbook of human rights law : an accessible approach for the workplace

The Human Rights Act Of 1998 Incorporates Into Uk Law Rights And Freedoms Guaranteed By The European Convention Of Human Rights. Human Rights Law Now Affects Everyone, Yet It Is The Most Uncertain And Most Unpredictable Of All Branches Of Law. This Is Bad News In Some Respects But Good In Others, Because It Is A Highly Flexible Area Where Everything Is Up For Grabs. Hard-edged Definitions Are Few And Far Between, And Principles Tend To Be Open To A Variety Of Interpretations - A Potential Goldmine For The Bold, But A Minefield For The Unwary.--jacket. The Human Rights Act -- Judicial Review -- Winning Strategies And Tactics -- Right To Life -- Prohibition Of Torture -- Freedom Of Expression -- Freedom Of Thought, Conscience, And Religion -- Privacy -- Property Rights -- Liberty And Equality -- Judicial Rights -- Social Rights. Michael Arnheim. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Table of cases......Page 16 Table of statutes*......Page 28 Abbreviations......Page 32 WHAT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998?......Page 34 WHERE DO THE RIGHTS COME FROM?......Page 35 SOME KEY CONCEPTS......Page 36 WHAT STATUS DID THE CONVENTION ENJOY UNDER UK LAW BEFORE THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE HRA?......Page 37 WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE CONVENTION UNDER THE HRA?......Page 38 HORIZONTAL EFFECT UNDER THE HRA......Page 41 ‘VICTIM’......Page 42 ‘VICTIM TEST’ IN JUDICIAL REVIEW......Page 43 LIMITATION......Page 44 STATUS OF STRASBOURG DECISIONS......Page 45 INTERPRETATION......Page 46 Quashing orders......Page 47 Mandatory and prohibiting orders......Page 48 Remedies against judicial decisions......Page 49 NON-CONVENTION RIGHTS......Page 50 Freedom of expression......Page 51 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion......Page 52 DECLARATIONS OF INCOMPATIBILITY......Page 53 Effect of declaration......Page 54 Fast-track procedure after declaration of incompatibility......Page 55 STATEMENTS OF COMPATIBILITY......Page 56 DEROGATIONS......Page 57 RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS......Page 58 ‘Prescribed by law’......Page 59 ‘Necessary in a democratic society’......Page 60 Proportionality......Page 61 MARGIN OF APPRECIATION......Page 62 Margin of appreciation in the UK courts?......Page 64 Terrorism......Page 66 Wide margin......Page 67 Notes......Page 68 HOW TO USE JUDICIAL REVIEW TO BRING A HUMAN RIGHTS CLAIM......Page 72 WEDNESBURY......Page 73 ‘MERITS REVIEW’?......Page 77 ‘POLICY DECISIONS’ v ‘DETERMINATION OF RIGHTS’......Page 78 Notes......Page 80 PLAYING TO WIN......Page 81 Special interest groups......Page 83 ‘The commuter on the London Underground’......Page 84 Principles......Page 85 The unlucky pawnbroker......Page 87 The facts and judgments in the case......Page 89 Assert your rights against the conflicting rights of others......Page 94 Freedom of expression versus freedom of the media......Page 95 Effective rights against the press......Page 96 In human rights law it is possible for less than strictly logical arguments to pass muster......Page 97 Does the European Human Rights Convention now form part of the British constitution?......Page 98 Does the fact that the European Human Rights Convention is now part of the British constitution automatically give the .........Page 99 New Zealand......Page 100 Human Rights Act 1998......Page 101 ‘Parliamentar.sovereignty’......Page 102 Should the interpretation of the Convention rights be less strict than that applicable to documents in ordinary commercial.........Page 103 Tariff for mandatory lifers......Page 104 CASE STUDY D: SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS?......Page 105 ‘Mary Bell’......Page 107 ECHR Article 2......Page 108 ECHR Articles 8 and 10......Page 109 Victims......Page 110 ‘Bloody Sunday’......Page 111 Notes......Page 113 THE SIXTH PROTOCOL......Page 117 PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 118 Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 119 PRACTICAL PROBLEMS......Page 120 Clunis......Page 125 Suicide......Page 126 Euthanasia......Page 127 Autonomy......Page 128 Sanctity of life......Page 129 State of the law......Page 130 Fathers’ rights?......Page 133 Rights of the unborn child......Page 134 Notes......Page 136 TORTURE......Page 138 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT......Page 139 THIRD-PARTY CASES......Page 140 Death row......Page 141 IMMIGRATION......Page 143 Chahal......Page 144 POLITICAL DECISIONS......Page 145 MEDICAL TREATMENT......Page 156 Notes......Page 157 PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 160 Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 161 PRACTICAL PROBLEMS......Page 162 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT s 12......Page 163 OBSCENITY: SWISS ARTIST......Page 167 BAN ON ADVERTISING......Page 168 INTERBREW v FINANCIAL TIMES AND OTHERS......Page 169 NAOMI CAMPBELL v MIRROR GROUP NEWSPAPERS......Page 171 BANNED RALLY......Page 172 DOUGLAS v HELLO!......Page 174 VENABLES AND THOMPSON V NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS......Page 175 LEHIDEUX AND ISORNI v FRANCE......Page 180 NATIONAL SECURITY......Page 181 SPYCATCHER......Page 182 DAMAGES......Page 194 LOCAL AUTHORITIES......Page 195 ‘Political information’......Page 196 TOLSTOY......Page 197 Notes......Page 198 PROBLEMS......Page 201 Supplementary note......Page 205 TRADITIONAL ENGLISH LAW......Page 206 PRINCE ALBERT v STRANGE......Page 209 TRESPASS......Page 210 IS THERE A RIGHT OF PRIVACY UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT?......Page 211 STRASBOURG TO THE RESCUE?......Page 213 PECK......Page 214 PRIVATE LIFE......Page 223 PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR KILLERS......Page 224 THE FIRST PROTOCOL......Page 226 Liberty and equality......Page 233 IS INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY NOT ALREADY SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED UNDER THE COMMON LAW, WITHOUT THE NEED TO INVOKE THE CONVENTION?......Page 234 DOES THE OLD MAXIM ‘AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME IS HIS CASTLE’ HAVE ANY LEGAL STATUS?......Page 236 WHAT IS THE CURRENT LEGAL POSITION OF A HOUSEHOLDER WHO KILLS AN INTRUDER IN DEFENCE OF HIS OR HER LIFE OR PROPERTY?......Page 237 IS IT TRUE THAT HOUSEHOLDERS ARE BETTER PROTECTED BY THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES?......Page 239 THE BURGLAR’S REVENGE......Page 240 IS IT A BREACH OF A PATIENT’S HUMAN RIGHTS FOR HIM TO BE AT LARGE WHEN HE OUGHT TO BE CONFINED TO AN INSTITUTION?......Page 243 Judicial rights......Page 248 PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 249 Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 250 Venables and Thompson......Page 251 PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE......Page 252 ENGLISH DOMESTIC LAW......Page 253 ANDERSON......Page 257 THREE PRINCIPLES......Page 259 Non-pecuniary interest......Page 260 ‘A real danger of bias’......Page 263 ‘Justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done’......Page 265 Jurors......Page 267 The United States......Page 268 United States – juries......Page 270 Conclusion......Page 271 Conclusion......Page 277 Social rights......Page 284 THE FIRST PROTOCOL......Page 285 TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS......Page 287 Marriage......Page 288 UK DOMESTIC LAW......Page 294 DISCRIMINATION......Page 295 DISCRIMINATION IN UK DOMESTIC LAW......Page 296 EMPLOYMENT AND RELIGION......Page 297 References......Page 299 Index......Page 301 Provides accessible guidance on several areas affected by human rights legislation. This book looks at how to use human rights law and covers high profile cases. It includes discussion of the issues and principles involved. It also includes case law, examples and question-and-answer discussion sections. It is suitable for students of law. Concise reference book which provides useful factual information on human rights law. Includes case law, examples, and question-and-answer discussion sections. It is accessible to all, but comprehensive enough to be of use to lawyers, businesspeople, civil servants, private citizens and students