Understanding Human Rights Principles (The Justice Series – Putting Rights Into Practice)

Description

Human rights are brought to life by a number of defining principles. This text explores each of those principles in depth through comprehensive,informative and provocative papers written by prominent and distinguished practitioners and legal academics. These papers were first delivered at a series of seminars organised by JUSTICE and University College London.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword by the Hon. Mr Justice Richards
2. Introduction by Jeffrey Jowell QC and Jonathan Cooper
3. The concept of a lawful interference with fundamental rights – Helen Mountfield
4. Identifying the principles of proportionality – Michael Fordham and Thomas de la Mare
5. Dertermining civil rights and obligations – Javan Herberg, Andrew le Sueur and Jane Mulcahy
6. Positive obligations under the Convention – Keir Starmer
7. The horizontal effect of the Human Rights Act: moving beyond the public-private distinction – Murray Hunt
8. The place of the Human Rights Act in a democratic society – Rabinder Singh

Editors Biography

Jeffrey Jowell KC is Professor of Public Law and Dean of the Faculty of Laws at University College London and a practising Barrister at Blackstone Chambers.

Jonathan Cooper is a Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.