Human Rights in the Private Sphere

With the impending incorporation of a Bill of Rights into English law, debate is focusing on whether the freedoms and rights which it contains can be extended to encompass not just relations between the state and its citizens, but also relations between private parties. If this were acheived, press intrusions into the lives of individuals, for instance, could be severely curtailed. Drawing on experiences and case law from a number of jurisdictions, this book examines the
implications of the European Convention of Human Rights on English law in this regard. It asks whether victims would be protected from non-state actors and attempts to develop a coherent approach to 'human rights in the private sphere'.

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"Clapham's analysis advances progress toward the next frontier by providing a well-documented reference to assist advocates introducing international norms in national courts."--Choice<br>

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Part 1 The different ways in which the European Convention on Human Rights is relevant, or may become relevant, in the United Kingdom courts: the relevance of the Convention in the United Kingdom courts; the relevance of the Strasbourg Proceedings for the United Kingdom courts; incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom? Part 2 The application of human rights in the sphere of relations between non-state bodies: international human rights and private bodies - two approaches; limits to the application of human rights in the private sphere; fundamental rights in the private sphere - the United States and Canada; the application of the European Convention of Human Rights to the acts of non-state actors - the case-law of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights; the European Community legal order; a private police for human rights in the private sphere; the application of human rights in the private sphere in the United Kingdom.

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