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Title:
Confronting the Human Rights Act : contemporary themes and perspectives / edited by Nicolas Kang-Riou, Jo Milner, and Suryia Nayak.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xi, 333 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Great Britain.--Human Rights Act 1998.
Civil rights--Great Britain.
Human rights--Great Britain.
Other Authors:
Kang-Riou, Nicolas. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011068720
Milner, Jo. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004100894
Nayak, Suryia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012010829
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights : creating greater Parliamentary autonomy on human rights matters? / Helen Fenwick. The Human Rights Act : origins and intentions / Francesca Klug -- High points and low points in the first ten years : a view from the bench / Brenda Hale -- Human rights protection in Australia : the Commonwealth's odd one out? / Michael Kirby -- Inspired by the Human Rights Act : the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and responsibilities / Diane Sisely -- Human rights in an age of terror / Irene Khan -- Doughty defenders of the Human Rights Act / Keith Ewing -- Limits and achievements of the Human Rights Act from the socio-economic point of view : the HRA, poverty and social exclusion / Alice Donald and Elizabeth Mottershaw -- The Human Rights Act and assisted dying : the (most) unkindest cut of all? / Jo Milner and Lisbeth Bourne -- What potential does the Human Rights Act hold for domestic violence groups? / Ronagh McQuigg -- Feminism, women, rape and social change / Catherine Little and Kate Cook -- Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : the limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers / Suryia Nayak and Revive & The Salford Forum for Refugees & People Seeking Asylum United for Change Campaign Group -- The politics of protest and the Human Rights Act / Peter Tatchell -- Blacklisting of trade unionists : what is the point of human rights law? / Dave Smith and Keith Ewing -- Security, citizenship and responsibilities beyond the Human Rights Act : towards a British bill of rights and responsibilities in the UK / Derek McGhee -- Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights : creating greater Parliamentary autonomy on human rights matters? / Helen Fenwick.
ISBN:
0203122798
9780203122792
0415674700
9780415674706
OCLC:
(OCoLC)755641170
LCCN:
2011041148
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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