Human rights and the United Kingdom Supreme Court /

How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the human rights jurisprudence of the Court, analysing the opinions expressed by the current Justices and their predecessors, both judicially and extra-judicially. It criticizes the judges...

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Human rights and the UK Supreme Court
1. Verfasser:
Dickson, Brice
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the human rights jurisprudence of the Court, analysing the opinions expressed by the current Justices and their predecessors, both judicially and extra-judicially. It criticizes the judges for not developing the common law in a way which supplements the Human Rights Act, for not making imaginative enough use of that Act, and for adopting an attitude to Convention rightswhich is often out of step with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. After setting
Umfang:
1 online resource (472 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-175224-X
0-19-165586-4
0-19-165585-6
Schlagworte:
Great Britain. > Supreme Court
Great Britain. > Human Rights Act 1998
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