Human Rights Law in the UK: Themes and Principles [Paperback]

Offers rich analysis of UK and European human rights law, human rights theory, and academic scholarship.This book offers a unique and detailed analysis of human rights law from the perspective of both domestic UK law and ECHR law. It will be of invaluable use for undergraduate and graduate students studying and researching human rights law. It will also be of significant interest to human rights practitioners and judges.This book offers a unique and detailed analysis of human rights law from the perspective of both domestic UK law and ECHR law. It will be of invaluable use for undergraduate and graduate students studying and researching human rights law. It will also be of significant interest to human rights practitioners and judges.This book offers a rich analysis of many aspects of human rights law in the UK and the European legal framework while also including critiques of human rights and the varying conceptions of rights. This book has the advantage of engaging with both Strasbourg caselaw, domestic jurisprudence and the academic scholarship. The issues covered include the right to life, the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, abortion and assisted dying, modern slavery and human trafficking, terrorism, immigration, privacy, hate speech, protest, religion, equality and non-discrimination.Foreword Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE; Preface; Table of cases; 1. The nature of rights and critiques of human rights; 2. The human rights law framework in the UK; 3. The European human rights framework; 4. The right to life; 5. Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 6. Human rights at the beginning and end of life: abortion, withdrawal/refusal of treatment and assisted dying; 7. Modern slavery and human trafficking; 8. Terrorism; 9. Article 8 echr and immigration; 10. Privacy and freedom of expression; 11. Hate speech; 12. The right to protest; 13. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; 14. Non-discrimination and equal³;