A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland

A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland
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Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages : 686
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105063160258
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Synopsis A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland by : Lord Robert John Reed Reed

This guide provides guidance to the Scottish practitioner. It explores the likely impact of human rights legislation in Scotland and explains the enforcement machinery of the ECHR as well as concepts, such as victim and just satisfaction. will be used by domestic courts.

A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland

A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Professional
Total Pages : 916
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ISBN-10 : 1845920740
ISBN-13 : 9781845920746
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland by : Lord Reed

This book provides guidance to the Scottish legal profession. The work explores the impact of human rights legislation in Scotland and provides a review of ECHR jurisprudence and relevant domestic legislation and case law as well as an overview of Strasbourg enforcement machinery.

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781780439662
ISBN-13 : 1780439660
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland by : Nicola Smith

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland provides a guide to the general principles of legislation in relation to adult protection. This updated text includes a new chapter on financial harm and abuse covering topics such as commercial debt, mis-selling products, insurance and loans. This title includes coverage of the Self Directed Support (Scotland) Act 2013 and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 including creation of Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) and Care Inspectorate and the principles of the Self Directed Support Act. This title also covers Court Measures of Protection with practical information on preparation for adult protection hearings, drafting applications, addressing sheriffs, use of temporary orders, warrants for arrest and remedies for breach of orders including a new section on contempt of court.

Human Rights in Scotland

Human Rights in Scotland
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Total Pages : 652
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015060650499
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Synopsis Human Rights in Scotland by : Keith D. Ewing

The Mortgage (Rights) Scotland Act 2001 alters the law relating to property repossessions in Scotland. It gives the courts a discretionary power to refuse repossession orders where a secured lender wishes to recover property. This book gives an account of this legislation and its likely impact

Human Rights and Scots Law

Human Rights and Scots Law
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 9781847310200
ISBN-13 : 1847310206
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Rights and Scots Law by : Alan Boyle

This book,written by a team of academics, judges and distinguished practitioners from the UK and abroad discusses the implications of the incorporation of the ECHR into Scots law. The contributors consider the impact of the Human Rights Act in light of the new constitutional settlement for Scotland and their experiences of other rights regimes in Europe, the Commonwealth, and the United States. The contributions span the fields of Private, Public, European Community and Comparative law and draw on human rights law and practice in the UK, the European Community, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and Sweden, where the ECHR was recently incorporated. Topics include: analyses of the Human Rights Act and Scotland Act; human rights and the law of crime, property, employment, family and private life; Scottish court practice and procedure; Scots law and the European dimension; and building a rights culture in Scotland.

Human Rights Law

Human Rights Law
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 796
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ISBN-10 : 9781849468183
ISBN-13 : 1849468184
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Rights Law by : Merris Amos

In this completely revised and updated second edition of Human Rights Law, the judicial interpretation and application of the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998 is comprehensively examined and analysed. Part I concerns key procedural issues including: the background to the Act; the relationship between UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights; the definition of victim and public authority; determining incompatibility including deference and proportionality; the impact of the Act on primary legislation; and damages and other remedies for the violation of Convention rights. In Part II of the book, the Convention rights as interpreted and applied by United Kingdom courts, are discussed in detail. All important Convention rights are included with a new chapter on freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Other Convention rights considered in the national context include: the right to life; freedom from torture; the right to liberty; fair trial; the right to private life, family life and home; the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions; and the right to freedom from discrimination in the enjoyment of Convention rights. The second edition of Human Rights Law will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and practising in the areas of United Kingdom human rights law, constitutional law and administrative law.

Reed and Murdoch

Reed and Murdoch
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Publisher : Butterworths
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 0406970033
ISBN-13 : 9780406970039
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Reed and Murdoch by : Ananya Mukherjee Reed

Fully updated, the second edition of A Guide to Human Rights Law in Scotland provides essential practical guidance. Written by two distinguished authors, the work explores the impact of human rights legislation in Scotland and provides a comprehensive review of ECHR jurisprudence, relevant domestic legislation and case law as well as an overview of Strasbourg enforcement machinery. The new edition of this popular, ground-breaking work is updated to deal with the implications of hundreds of new decisions. Those of particular importance cover topics such as: The effect of devolution legislation The scope of the guarantee of an independent and impartial tribunal under Article 6 The effect of delay in criminal proceedings Interplay between Articles 8 and 10 in relation to privacy and the mediaThe second edition also includes information on new Council of Europe initiatives, website addresses and new comparitive material.

The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law

The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 9781107016248
ISBN-13 : 110701624X
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law by : Conor Gearty

Captures the essence of the multi-layered subject of human rights law in a way that is authoritative, critical and scholarly.

The Legal Protection of Human Rights

The Legal Protection of Human Rights
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : 9780199606078
ISBN-13 : 0199606072
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The Legal Protection of Human Rights by : Tom Campbell

The value and legitimacy of using courts to limit the powers of governments in the domain of human rights is a significant ongoing debate. This book provides a critical review that explores the alternative means for protecting and promoting human rights. This group of twenty-four leading human rights scholars from around the world present a variety of perspectives on the disappointing human rights outcomes of recent institutional developments and consider the prospects of reviving the moral force and political implications of human rights values.