Civil Liberties and Human Rights in England and Wales

AvDavid Feldman

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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This is the first full-length study of civil liberties in the UK aimed at students and written with their interests in mind. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the systems which exist to promote and protect civil rights in the UK and beyond and analyzes in some detail the many rights which are regarded as fundamental in the UK and in other systems of law.

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Utgivningsdatum:1993-10-01
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:986
Förlag:Oxford University Press
ISBN:9780198762294

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Part 1 From theory to practice - the nature of civil liberties and human rights: the political philosophy of civil liberties; ways of identifying and protecting rights and liberties. Part 2 Life, liberty and physical integrity: the right to life; other rights to bodily integrity; freedom from arbitrary stom, search, arrest and detention; rights under restraint - detention of prisoners and patients; freedom of movement into and out of Britain. Part 3 Privacy: the scope of legal privacy; freedom from unreasonable entries, seareches and seizures; protecting confidences; sex, sexual activity and family life. Part 4 Expression: freedom of expression; media freedom; restricting expression to protect the security of the state; restricting expression to protect mixed public and private interests - blasphemy, obscenity and indecency; restricting expression to further a public interest - contempt of court; protest and public order. Part 5 Towards equality through rights?: equality and social and economic rights; equality and political will.