The UK and European human rights : a strained relationship? / edited by Katja S. Ziegler, Elizabeth Wicks and Loveday Hodson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodson, Loveday, editor.

Wicks, Elizabeth, editor.

Ziegler, Katja S., editor.

Series:

Modern studies in European law.

Modern Studies in European Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Europe.

Human rights.

Human rights--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The UK's engagement with the legal protection of human rights at a European level has been, at varying stages, pioneering, sceptical and antagonistic. The UK government, media and public opinion have all at times expressed concerns about the growing influence of European human rights law, particularly in the controversial contexts of prisoner voting and deportation of suspected terrorists as well as in the context of British military action abroad. British politicians and judges have also, however, played important roles in drafting, implementing and interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights. Its incorporation into domestic law in the Human Rights Act 1998 intensified the ongoing debate about the UK's international and regional human rights commitments. Furthermore, the increasing importance of the European Union in the human rights sphere has added another layer to the relationship and highlights the complex relationship(s) between the UK government, the Westminster Parliament and judges in the UK, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. The book analyses the topical and contentious issue of the relationship between the UK and the European systems for the protection of human rights from doctrinal, contextual and comparative perspectives and explores factors that influence the relationship of the UK and European human rights."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. I. Compliance, cooperation or clash? The relationship between the UK and the ECHR

Strasbourg Court

pt. II. Specific issues of conflict

pt. III. The interplay of human rights in Europe : ECHR, EU and national human rights

pt. IV. Perspectives from other jurisdictions : contrasts and comparisons with the UK experience

pt. V. The role of the media in shaping the relationship.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782257905

178225790X

9781509901999

150990199X

OCLC:

921985878