The Handbook of Human Rights: An Accessible Approach for the Workplace

Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Table of cases......Page 16
Table of statutes*......Page 28
Abbreviations......Page 32
WHAT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998?......Page 34
WHERE DO THE RIGHTS COME FROM?......Page 35
SOME KEY CONCEPTS......Page 36
WHAT STATUS DID THE CONVENTION ENJOY UNDER UK LAW BEFORE THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE HRA?......Page 37
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE CONVENTION UNDER THE HRA?......Page 38
HORIZONTAL EFFECT UNDER THE HRA......Page 41
‘VICTIM’......Page 42
‘VICTIM TEST’ IN JUDICIAL REVIEW......Page 43
LIMITATION......Page 44
STATUS OF STRASBOURG DECISIONS......Page 45
INTERPRETATION......Page 46
Quashing orders......Page 47
Mandatory and prohibiting orders......Page 48
Remedies against judicial decisions......Page 49
NON-CONVENTION RIGHTS......Page 50
Freedom of expression......Page 51
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion......Page 52
DECLARATIONS OF INCOMPATIBILITY......Page 53
Effect of declaration......Page 54
Fast-track procedure after declaration of incompatibility......Page 55
STATEMENTS OF COMPATIBILITY......Page 56
DEROGATIONS......Page 57
RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS......Page 58
‘Prescribed by law’......Page 59
‘Necessary in a democratic society’......Page 60
Proportionality......Page 61
MARGIN OF APPRECIATION......Page 62
Margin of appreciation in the UK courts?......Page 64
Terrorism......Page 66
Wide margin......Page 67
Notes......Page 68
HOW TO USE JUDICIAL REVIEW TO BRING A HUMAN RIGHTS CLAIM......Page 72
WEDNESBURY......Page 73
‘MERITS REVIEW’?......Page 77
‘POLICY DECISIONS’ v ‘DETERMINATION OF RIGHTS’......Page 78
Notes......Page 80
PLAYING TO WIN......Page 81
Special interest groups......Page 83
‘The commuter on the London Underground’......Page 84
Principles......Page 85
The unlucky pawnbroker......Page 87
The facts and judgments in the case......Page 89
Assert your rights against the conflicting rights of others......Page 94
Freedom of expression versus freedom of the media......Page 95
Effective rights against the press......Page 96
In human rights law it is possible for less than strictly logical arguments to pass muster......Page 97
Does the European Human Rights Convention now form part of the British constitution?......Page 98
Does the fact that the European Human Rights Convention is now part of the British constitution automatically give the .........Page 99
New Zealand......Page 100
Human Rights Act 1998......Page 101
‘Parliamentar.sovereignty’......Page 102
Should the interpretation of the Convention rights be less strict than that applicable to documents in ordinary commercial.........Page 103
Tariff for mandatory lifers......Page 104
CASE STUDY D: SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS?......Page 105
‘Mary Bell’......Page 107
ECHR Article 2......Page 108
ECHR Articles 8 and 10......Page 109
Victims......Page 110
‘Bloody Sunday’......Page 111
Notes......Page 113
THE SIXTH PROTOCOL......Page 117
PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 118
Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 119
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS......Page 120
Clunis......Page 125
Suicide......Page 126
Euthanasia......Page 127
Autonomy......Page 128
Sanctity of life......Page 129
State of the law......Page 130
Fathers’ rights?......Page 133
Rights of the unborn child......Page 134
Notes......Page 136
TORTURE......Page 138
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT......Page 139
THIRD-PARTY CASES......Page 140
Death row......Page 141
IMMIGRATION......Page 143
Chahal......Page 144
POLITICAL DECISIONS......Page 145
MEDICAL TREATMENT......Page 156
Notes......Page 157
PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 160
Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 161
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS......Page 162
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT s 12......Page 163
OBSCENITY: SWISS ARTIST......Page 167
BAN ON ADVERTISING......Page 168
INTERBREW v FINANCIAL TIMES AND OTHERS......Page 169
NAOMI CAMPBELL v MIRROR GROUP NEWSPAPERS......Page 171
BANNED RALLY......Page 172
DOUGLAS v HELLO!......Page 174
VENABLES AND THOMPSON V NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS......Page 175
LEHIDEUX AND ISORNI v FRANCE......Page 180
NATIONAL SECURITY......Page 181
SPYCATCHER......Page 182
DAMAGES......Page 194
LOCAL AUTHORITIES......Page 195
‘Political information’......Page 196
TOLSTOY......Page 197
Notes......Page 198
PROBLEMS......Page 201
Supplementary note......Page 205
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH LAW......Page 206
PRINCE ALBERT v STRANGE......Page 209
TRESPASS......Page 210
IS THERE A RIGHT OF PRIVACY UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT?......Page 211
STRASBOURG TO THE RESCUE?......Page 213
PECK......Page 214
PRIVATE LIFE......Page 223
PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR KILLERS......Page 224
THE FIRST PROTOCOL......Page 226
Liberty and equality......Page 233
IS INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY NOT ALREADY SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED UNDER THE COMMON LAW, WITHOUT THE NEED TO INVOKE THE CONVENTION?......Page 234
DOES THE OLD MAXIM ‘AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME IS HIS CASTLE’ HAVE ANY LEGAL STATUS?......Page 236
WHAT IS THE CURRENT LEGAL POSITION OF A HOUSEHOLDER WHO KILLS AN INTRUDER IN DEFENCE OF HIS OR HER LIFE OR PROPERTY?......Page 237
IS IT TRUE THAT HOUSEHOLDERS ARE BETTER PROTECTED BY THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES?......Page 239
THE BURGLAR’S REVENGE......Page 240
IS IT A BREACH OF A PATIENT’S HUMAN RIGHTS FOR HIM TO BE AT LARGE WHEN HE OUGHT TO BE CONFINED TO AN INSTITUTION?......Page 243
Judicial rights......Page 248
PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE......Page 249
Q&A: SUMMARY......Page 250
Venables and Thompson......Page 251
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE......Page 252
ENGLISH DOMESTIC LAW......Page 253
ANDERSON......Page 257
THREE PRINCIPLES......Page 259
Non-pecuniary interest......Page 260
‘A real danger of bias’......Page 263
‘Justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done’......Page 265
Jurors......Page 267
The United States......Page 268
United States – juries......Page 270
Conclusion......Page 271
Conclusion......Page 277
Social rights......Page 284
THE FIRST PROTOCOL......Page 285
TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS......Page 287
Marriage......Page 288
UK DOMESTIC LAW......Page 294
DISCRIMINATION......Page 295
DISCRIMINATION IN UK DOMESTIC LAW......Page 296
EMPLOYMENT AND RELIGION......Page 297
References......Page 299
Index......Page 301