On fantasy island : Britain, Europe, and human rights /

"In the 2015 UK General Election, one of the major pledges of the Conservative party was the repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998, to be replaced with a UK Bill of Rights. In this book, Professor Conor Gearty puts forth his case for keeping the Human Rights Act by dissecting the so called '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gearty, C. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Human rights > Great Britain.
Human rights > Europe.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Grande-Bretagne.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Europe.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Human rights
Europe
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Why the Human Rights Act matters
  • Part II. The Fantasies
  • 2. The myth of the marvellous past
  • 3. The seductive power of the present
  • 4. The inevitability of human rights
  • 5. The supremacy of the Human Rights Act
  • 6. The supremacy of the judges
  • 7. The supremacy of Strasbourg
  • 8. A charter for the bad
  • Part III. The Facts
  • 9. Protecting the exposed
  • 10. Making a difference
  • 11. Telling us who we are
  • Part IV. The Future
  • 12. Repeal: how can we tell?
  • 13. British values: shrinking into little England
  • Part V. Conclusion
  • 14. Defend the Human Rights Act.

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