1st Edition
The Three Pillars of Liberty Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom
Part I: Introduction
1. The British Tradition of Constitutional Rights: Political freedom in the United Kingdom
2. Auditing Political Rights and Freedoms: The Human Rights Index
Part 2: The UK Framework for Protecting Rights
3. Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Executive
4. The ‘Culture of Liberty’
5. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
6. How the Courts Protect Political Rights
7. Equal Access to Political Rights
Conclusion: ‘The British Way of Doing Things'
Biography
Francesca Klug is a Fellow of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, and a policy consultant for Charter 88. She is author of A People’s Charter, Liberty’s acclaimed Bill of Rights for the UK, and was Director of the Civil Liberties Trust.
Keir Starmer is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London, specialising in human rights cases. He is editor of Justice in Error, an in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system, and sat on the independent inquiry into the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad.
Stuart Weir is Director of the Democratic Audit and Senior Research Fellow at the HumanRights Centre, University of Essex. He edited the New Statesman from 1987 to 1991 and is founder of Charter 88.
'Vital reading for all people who want authoritative evaluation of the state of civil liberties and political rights in Britain today. The analysis is lucid, balanced and scholarly.' - Helena Kennedy QC
