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Private law and human rights : bringing rights home in Scotland and South Africa /

A comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rights Scotland and South Africa are mixed jurisdictions, combining features of common law and civil law traditions. Over the last decade, a shared feature in both Scotland and South Africa has been a new and intense...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reid, Elspeth (Elspeth Christie), Visser, D. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Private Law in the Age of Rights; Chapter 3 The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minority Freedom in South Africa and Scotland; Chapter 4 Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children; Chapter 5 Property Deprivation of an Absentee in Emulation of the Laws of Succession: The Laws of Scotland and South Africa Compared; Chapter 6 The Right to Personal Security; Chapter 7 Privacy; Chapter 8 Defamation and Freedom of Expression; Chapter 9 Strict Liability.
  • Chapter 10 Liability of Public Authorities and Public OfficialsChapter 11 Nuisance; Chapter 12 Contract Law and Human Rights; Chapter 13 Principles, Policy and Practice: Human Rights and the Law of Contract; Chapter 14 Juristic Persons and Fundamental Rights; Chapter 15 Examining the Labour Law and Social Dimension of Human Rights: The UK and South Africa; Chapter 16 Rights in Security; Chapter 17 Access to Credit, the Law of Suretyship and Unfair Suretyships; Chapter 18 The Human Right of Property in Land Law: Comparing South Africa and Scotland.
  • Chapter 19 The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Protection of Ownership and the Right to a HomeChapter 20 Environment and Human Rights: The Right to Water in South Africa and Scotland; Index.