Provides you with all the information you need on human rights


Provides detailed and authoritative commentary on the Human Rights Act 1998

Examines fully the different ways in which human rights are protected by domestic courts analyses common law,
devolution legislation and other statutes

Examines fully the personal, temporal and geographical scope of the Human Rights Act

Analyses the impact of human rights principles on legislation and examines the scope of the obligation to read legislation
compatibly with Convention rights

Discusses general principles such as proportionality, weight, deference, and remedies material which is not covered
in such detail in any other major human rights title

Deals comprehensively with remedies

Looks at the obligation of all courts and tribunals in the UK to take account of the case law of the European Court of Human
Rights and the general principles which that Court has developed in interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights

Focuses on the interaction between the Human Rights Act and existing statutory and common law remedies;
and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights under Articles 41 and 46

Assesses the impact of human rights law on the decisions of public officials

Gives a detailed account of the protection of human rights under the devolution statutes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales