The Human Rights Act and the Assault on Liberty : Rights and Asylum in the UK.

Demonstrating that the state of civil liberties and human rights in the United Kingdom are quite perilous, this case study looks at the role of rights vis-à-vis social change and culture. Empirically examining the Human Rights Act (HRA), with asylum serving as the main case study, the book focuses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharma, Parnesh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Nottingham University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Human Rights Act 1998.
Human Rights Act 1998 (Great Britain)
Human rights > Great Britain > Cases.
Asylum, Right of > Great Britain.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Grande-Bretagne > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Asylum, Right of
Human rights
Great Britain
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Demonstrating that the state of civil liberties and human rights in the United Kingdom are quite perilous, this case study looks at the role of rights vis-à-vis social change and culture. Empirically examining the Human Rights Act (HRA), with asylum serving as the main case study, the book focuses on law in action, based on extensive fieldwork and framed against current events. It also discusses the role of Section 55--a law enacted at the same time as the HRA that was an antithesis of what the HRA promised and which forced thousands of asylum-seekers into destitution. Though Section 55 was eve.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (321 pages)
ISBN:9781908062604
1908062606
9781908062628
1908062622

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