| Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Series |
Human rights law in perspective ; v. 3 |
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Human rights law in perspective ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
Introduction : socio-legal perspectives on human rights in the national context / Patrick Schmidt and Simon Halliday -- Implementing human rights / Denis Galligan and Deborah Sandler -- France, the UK, and the 'boomerang' of the internationalisation of human rights (1945-2000) / Mikael Rask Madsen -- 'We've had to raise our game': liberty's litigation strategy under the Human Rights Act 1998 / Richard J. Maiman -- Implementing the Human Rights Act into the courts in England and Wales : culture shift or damp squib? / John Raine and Clive Walker -- The effectiveness of national human rights institutions / Stephen Livingstone and Rachel Murray -- When do rights matter? A case study of the right to equal treatment in Sweden / Reza Banakar -- Human rights and French criminal justice : opening the door to pre-trial defence rights / Jacqueline Hodgson -- The millennium blip : the Human Rights Act 1998 and local government / Luke Clements and Rachel Morris -- Empowering children? Legal understandings and experiences of rights in the Scottish children's hearings system / Anne Griffiths and Randy Frances Kandel |
| Summary |
What practical impact does the incorporation of international human rights standards into domestic law have? This collection of essays explores human rights in domestic legal systems. The enactment of the Human Rights Act in 1998, ushering the European Convention on Human Rights fully into UK law, represented a landmark in the UK constitutional order. Other European states similarly have elevated the status of human rights in their domestic legal systems. However, whilst much has been written about doctrinal legal developments, little is yet known about the empirical effects of bringing rights |
| Analysis |
Socio-legal perspectives |
| Notes |
Papers from a seminar series held at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998 -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5) -- Congresses
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms fast |
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Human Rights Act 1998 (Great Britain) fast |
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Human rights -- Great Britain -- Congresses
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Human rights -- Europe -- Congresses
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International and municipal law -- Congresses
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International and municipal law -- Great Britain -- Congresses
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International and municipal law -- Europe -- Congresses
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Human rights
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International and municipal law
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Mensenrechten.
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Nationaal recht.
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Implementatie (wetgeving)
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Europe
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Landenoverzichten (vorm)
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Congressen (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Halliday, Simon, 1966-
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Schmidt, Patrick D. (Patrick Delbert), 1971-
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| ISBN |
9781847311665 |
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1847311660 |
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9781841133881 |
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1841133884 |
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9781472563071 |
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1472563077 |
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