256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Key Facts Key Cases: Human Rights will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Human Rights module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: What human rights apply in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act How the various rights, freedoms and prohibitions which now... Read more
1. Introduction  2. European Convention on Human Rights  3. The Human Rights Act  4. The Right to Life  5. Torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment  6. Public order, police powers, freedom of assembly  7. Rights to Liberty, Security and Fair Trial  8. Freedom of expression  9. Privacy, family life and marriage 
10. Discrimination  11. Terrorism and counter-terrorism measures  12. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion  13. Human Property Rights  14. Themes, issues and the future  15. Global and regional human rights

Biography

Peter Halstead MA LLM is a former Solicitor and Senior Lecturer in Law and Human Rights at the University of Gloucestershire. He is the author of Unlocking Human Rights and Key Facts: Jurisprudence.

Series editors: Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years’ experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. Chris Turner LLM is a Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University.