TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halliday,Simon
AU  - Schmidt,Patrick
TI  - Human Rights Brought Home: Socio-Legal Perspectives of Human Rights in the National Context
T2  - Human Rights Law in Perspective Series
SN  - 9781847311665
AV  - KD4080.A75H86 2004 
U1  - 341.48094 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Great Britain. -- Human Rights Act 1998 -- Congresses
KW  - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- (1950) -- Congresses
KW  - Human rights -- Great Britain -- Congresses
KW  - Human rights -- Europe -- Congresses
KW  - International and municipal law -- Congresses
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Human Rights in the National Context -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE BOOK -- EMERGING QUESTIONS -- SYNOPSES OF CHAPTERS -- CONCLUSION -- 2. Implementing Human Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- HUMAN RIGHTS AS A REGULATORY REGIME -- IMPLEMENTATION: THE GENERAL ISSUE -- THE CONCEPT AND CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION -- THE NATIONAL DIMENSION -- CONCLUSION -- 3. France, the UK, and the 'Boomerang' of the Internationalisation of Human Rights (1945-2000) -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EXTERIORISATION OF IMPERIAL HUMAN RIGHTS SAVOIR-FAIRE (1945-70) -- THE GROWING NATIONAL IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1970-2000) -- CONCLUSION -- 4. 'We've had to Raise our Game': Liberty's Litigation Strategy under the Human Rights Act 1998 -- INTRODUCTION: INTEREST GROUPS AND BILLS OF RIGHTS -- LIBERTY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT -- LIBERTY IN STRASBOURG: 'IT'S THE PERFECT SYSTEM' -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Implementing the Human Rights Act into the Courts in England and Wales: Culture Shift or Damp Squib? -- THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION AND THE COURTS -- PREPARING FOR THE ACT -- PRE-IMPLEMENTATION EXPECTATIONS -- EXPECTED WORKLOAD IMPLICATIONS -- THE EFFECTS FOR THE COURTS OF THE ACT IN PRACTICE -- BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6. The Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AIMS OF OUR PROJECT -- SETTING BENCHMARKS: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -- METHODOLOGY -- THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 7. When Do Rights Matter? A Case Study of the Right to Equal Treatment in Sweden -- COMPARING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS -- EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN ACT (1991); THE ACT AGAINST ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION (AED) -- SOCIAL SOURCES OF THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACTS -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Human Rights and French Criminal Justice: Opening the Door to Pre-Trial Defence Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- INCORPORATING THE CONVENTION -- FRANCE CONDEMNED -- LEGISLATING THE ECHR GUARANTEES: THE JUNE 2000 REFORM -- AVOIDING ADVERSARIALISM -- DEFENCE RIGHTS AND THE CULTURE OF JUDICIAL SUPERVISION -- CHARACTERISING THE ROLE OF THE DEFENCE -- SOME CONCLUSIONS -- 9. The Millennium Blip: The Human Rights Act 1998 and Local Government -- THE RESEARCH STUDY (METHODOLOGY) -- TRAVELLING PEOPLE AS A CASE STUDY -- LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBILITIES TO TRAVELLING PEOPLE -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT AT LOCAL AUTHORITY LEVEL -- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITIES -- POLICY REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 -- EXTERNAL EVALUATION MEASURES -- LOCAL AUTHORITY PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HRA FOR THEIR PRACTICES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Empowering Children? Legal Understandings and Experiences of Rights in the Scottish Children's Hearings System -- INTRODUCTION -- A NATIONAL CONCEPTION OF JUSTICE: A SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE -- KEY FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM -- HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES: S V MILLER -- CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS OF HEARINGS -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - This collection of essays, written by a range of distinguished socio-legal scholars, explores human rights in domestic legal systems
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772364
ER  -