
Lester, Pannick & Herberg: Human Rights Law and Practice
Butterworths Law (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2009
Book
Hardback
974 pages
978-1-4057-3686-2 (ISBN)
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Description
This third edition of Lester, Pannick and Herberg: Human Rights Law and Practice has been substantially re-written to take account of the major changes which have occurred in this area of the law. It includes not only a summary of European and UK human rights law but also wider international and comparative case law. It places this subject within its wider parliamentary context and connects with other jurisdictions.
Up-to-date as of March 2009 to include the very latest cases, such as the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in A v United Kingdom (finding that the United Kingdom was in breach of the Convention by detaining terrorist suspects without trial in Belmarsh Prison); judgment of the Court of Appeal in Purdy v DPP (how Convention rights apply in the context of a possible criminal prosecution of a man who assists his seriously ill wife to travel to Switzerland to commit suicide); and the House of Lords' judgment in RB (Algeria) v SSHD (considering risk of Art 3 ill-treatment on return and the return state's assurances, and Art 6 in connection with the removed person's right to a fair trial).
Issues arising under the Human Rights Act, such as freedom of expression, conscience and belief, freedom of assembly and fair trial receive comprehensive treatment within the text. International Human Rights codes and comparative human rights law elsewhere in the Commonwealth, Ireland and the United States are also discussed. With specific chapters analysing the political history and the role of parliament in its conception and enforcement, this practical book covers all the information you need to interpret the Human Rights Act 1998 and this complicated area of law.
Includes coverage on the UK government's Green Paper, Rights and Responsibilities: Developing Our Constitutional Framework.
Up-to-date as of March 2009 to include the very latest cases, such as the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in A v United Kingdom (finding that the United Kingdom was in breach of the Convention by detaining terrorist suspects without trial in Belmarsh Prison); judgment of the Court of Appeal in Purdy v DPP (how Convention rights apply in the context of a possible criminal prosecution of a man who assists his seriously ill wife to travel to Switzerland to commit suicide); and the House of Lords' judgment in RB (Algeria) v SSHD (considering risk of Art 3 ill-treatment on return and the return state's assurances, and Art 6 in connection with the removed person's right to a fair trial).
Issues arising under the Human Rights Act, such as freedom of expression, conscience and belief, freedom of assembly and fair trial receive comprehensive treatment within the text. International Human Rights codes and comparative human rights law elsewhere in the Commonwealth, Ireland and the United States are also discussed. With specific chapters analysing the political history and the role of parliament in its conception and enforcement, this practical book covers all the information you need to interpret the Human Rights Act 1998 and this complicated area of law.
Includes coverage on the UK government's Green Paper, Rights and Responsibilities: Developing Our Constitutional Framework.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
LexisNexis UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Human rights specialists, immigration lawyers, criminal bar, barristers specialising in employment, family, civil liberties, libel and media law, European barristers.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
1130 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4057-3686-2 (9781405736862)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Lester, Pannick & Herberg:
Human Rights Law and Practice
Book
07/2025
4th Edition
Butterworths
€445.66
Shipment within 15-20 days
Previous edition
Anthony Lester | David Pannick
Human Rights Law and Practice
Book
03/2004
2nd Edition
Butterworths Law
€300.08
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Contributions
General editor
Blackstone Chambers
Content
Foreword;
Preface;
1. History and context;
2. Human Rights Act 1998;
3. Principles of interpretation;
4. The European Convention on Human Rights;
5. Scotland;
6. Northern Ireland;
7. Wales;
8. Parliamentary scrutiny of human rights;
9. International human rights codes and UK law;
Appendix 1: Human Rights Act 1998;
Index
Preface;
1. History and context;
2. Human Rights Act 1998;
3. Principles of interpretation;
4. The European Convention on Human Rights;
5. Scotland;
6. Northern Ireland;
7. Wales;
8. Parliamentary scrutiny of human rights;
9. International human rights codes and UK law;
Appendix 1: Human Rights Act 1998;
Index