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E-raamat: Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998: Contemporary themes and perspectives [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

Edited by (University of Salford, UK)
  • Formaat: 346 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Mar-2012
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203122792
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
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  • Formaat: 346 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Mar-2012
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203122792

This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the HRA, and also considers possible future developments in policy and practise as well as contemplating the potential for a British Bill of Rights. The editors have collected pieces from contributors drawn from diverse spheres, all of whom are internationally recognised for their impact in the field of human rights law. Contributors include members of the bench in the United Kingdom and Australia, academics, researchers, members of NGOs, and campaigners as well as people’s testimony of lived experiences in relation to the Human Rights Act. Valuable contributions from the likes of Costas Douzinas, Keith Ewing, Helen Fenwick, Lady Hale, Irene Khan, Michael Kirby, Francesca Klug, Peter Tatchell and others have resulted in a book which draws out the connections between legal framework, theory, and the actual experience of the protection afforded to groups and individuals by the HRA.

Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998 will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Law, International Studies and Political Science.

Contributors ix
Introduction 1(8)
Nicolas Kang-Riou
Jo Milner
Suryia Nayak
1 Confronting the legalization of human rights: a counterpoint
9(18)
Nicolas Kang-Riou
PART I Confronting the Human Rights Act as a legal tool
27(72)
Section 1 Confronting the Human Rights Act as legislation
29(2)
2 The Human Rights Act: origins and intentions
31(18)
Francesca Klug
Appendix
42(7)
Helen Wildbore
3 High points and low points in the first ten years: a view from the Bench
49(12)
Brenda Hale
Section 2 Confronting the Human Rights Act as a legal model
59(2)
4 Human rights protection in Australia: the Commonwealth's odd one out?
61(24)
Michael Kirby
5 Inspired by the Human Rights Act: the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
85(14)
Diane Sisely
PART II Topical confrontations of the Human Rights Act
99(82)
Section 1 The Human Rights Act and power
101(2)
6 Human rights in an age of terror
103(16)
Irene Khan
7 Doughty defenders of the Human Rights Act
119(22)
Keith Ewing
Section 2 The Human Rights Act and the socio-economic perspective
139(2)
8 Limits and achievements of the Human Rights Act from the socio-economic point of view: the HRA, poverty and social exclusion
141(18)
Alice Donald
Elizabeth Mottershaw
9 The Human Rights Act and assisted dying: the (most) unkindest cut of all?
159(22)
Jo Milner
Lisbeth Bourne
PART III Activist confrontations
181(88)
Section 1 Confronting the Human Rights Act from the feminist perspective
183(2)
10 What potential does the Human Rights Act hold for domestic violence groups?
185(14)
Ronagh McQuigg
11 Feminism, women, rape and social change
199(20)
Catherine Little
Kate Cook
Section 2 Confronting the Human Rights Act from the activist perspective
217(2)
12 Testimony, tolerance and hospitality: the limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers
219(22)
Suryia Nayak
13 The politics of protest and the Human Rights Act
241(8)
Peter Tatchell
14 Blacklisting of trade unionists: what is the point of human rights law?
249(20)
Dave Smith
Keith Ewing
PART IV The future? Confronting the Bill of Rights
269(58)
15 Security, citizenship and responsibilities beyond the Human Rights Act: towards a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities in the UK
271(20)
Derek McGhee
16 Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights: creating greater Parliamentary autonomy on human rights matters?
291(36)
Helen Fenwick
Index 327
Nicolas Kang-Riou is a lecturer at the university of Salford and is currently researching the concepts of truth and virtue in relation to human rights law and international law.



Jo Milner is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Salford whose research interests focus on the areas of public law, identity politics, social exclusion, discrimination, and human rights.



Suryia Nayak is Senior lecturer in Social Work at the University of Salford, with a particular interest in psychoanalysis, feminism, post-colonialism and deconstructism.