Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention
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Köp båda 2 för 1818 krHuman Rights Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2001 Human Rights and the End of Empire is full of good things. It is well written, with numerous interesting (and provoking) asides and pen portraits of the dramatis personae. It provides an unrivalled narrative of the origins of the Convention and of British official attitudes to human rights in the immediate post-war years, and will be an invaluable aid to anyone wishing to understand the evolution of the European system of human rights protection.
International and Comparative Law Quarterly This is a major book by a master of legal history.
Professor Bernard Porter, TLS a very well written book, based on meticulous scholarship, with a convincing argument, and on a theme of great interest and importance, especially since September 11th.
A. W. Brian Simpson is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.
NOTE ON THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, and the World of the Common Law; 2. The Mechanisms of Repression; 3. The International Protection of Individual Rights Before 1939; 4. The Ideological Response to War: Codes of Human Rights; 5. Human Rights and the Structure of the Brave New World; 6. The Burdens of Empire; 7. The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy; 8. Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative; 9. Conflict Abroad and at Home; 10. The Growing Disillusion; 11. Britain and the Western Option; 12. From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe; 13. A Convention on the Right Lines: The Rival Texts; 14. The Conclusion of Negotiations and the Rearguard Action; 15. The First Protocol; 16. Ratification and its Consequences; 17. Emergencies and Derogations; 18. The First Cyprus Case; 19. The Outcome of the Two Applications; 20. Coming In, Rather Reluctantly, From the Cold; Bibliography; Index