Civil Liberties and Human Rights in England and Wales

by Feldman, David

• ISBN13: 9780198762324
• ISBN10: 0198762321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-12-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the first full-length study of civil liberties in the United Kingdom aimed at students and written with their interests in mind. The book comprehensively covers existing systems which promote and protect civil rights in the U.K. and beyond. It analyzes in detail the many rights which are regarded as fundamental in the U.K. and in other systems of law.

Table of Contents

The Nature of the Subject: The Political Philosophy of Civil Liberties

Methods of Identifying and Protexting Rights and Freedoms

Life, Liberty, Physical Integrity: The Right to Life

Physical Security an Integrity

Freedom from Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty

Stop and Search, Arrest, Detention

Rights Under Restraint

Prison Conditions and Mental Health Act Patients

Freedom of Movement: Immigration, Deprivation, Asylum

Privacy: The Nature of Privacy

Freedom from Arbitrary Search and Seizure

Business and Professional Confidences

Gender and Family Life

Political Protest and Expression: Freedom of Expression

Media Freedoms

Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in the Interests of National Security

Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in the Public Interest: Blasphemy, Obscenity, Indecency

Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in the Public Interest: Contempt of Court

Protest and Public Order

Equality: Freedom from Racial Discrimination

An Overview of Social and Economic Rights

Conclusions: The Courts and Freedom

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