Overview

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.

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‘The authors bring the subject to life in a rich, multifaceted way, and their expertise and experience make the book a reliable, thought-provoking guide. Readers will find illumination and stimulating new ideas on every page, as I have.’ David Feldman, KC, FBA, FRSA ‘This is the right book, at the right time, in the right place with the right focus. The quality of the democracies which govern us, and the solidity of the rule of law which necessarily underpins effective democracies, can be assessed via the degree of respect for human rights in a given jurisdiction. By focusing on substantive topics instead of individual Convention rights, and via the choice of those topics, the authors illustrate this point extremely well. It is a point too often lost in modern debates about human rights but one which is becoming startlingly real (in courts across the globe) in the turbulent times in which we are living.’ Síofra O'Leary, former President of the European Court of Human Rights ‘Comprehensive, rigorous and deeply insightful, this book’s illuminating examination of critical issues within human rights law in the UK is urgently needed and masterfully executed. It will be a vital resource for students, scholars and practitioners of human rights law in the UK and beyond.’ Natasa Mavronicola ‘This book is a must for any human rights lawyer, academic or activist. The authors have successfully shown that the old-fashioned distinction between monist and dualist constitutional orders has become irrelevant, and domestic jurisdictions only have to gain when they leave the misleading comfort of a narrow-minded, parochial understanding of human rights law and embrace an open-minded, multifaceted, cosmopolitan interpretation of that law.’  Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights ‘A vital, necessary, meticulous and magisterially accessible account of human rights law in Britain, more important than ever – a first point of reference in times of uncertainty and threat to the basic rights of all individuals and groups.’ Phillipe Sands, KC, FBA, FRSL

Author Information

Kirsty Hughes is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, Director of the Centre for Public Law, and a member of Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel. She is joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review and Deputy Editor of Public Law. Her research has been awarded the Wedderburn Prize and has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, and by parliamentary committees. She has also given oral evidence in the House of Lords. She has been the recipient of numerous research fellowships including at UNSW, EUI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Harvard Law School. She has also lectured at universities in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2023 she was shortlisted for the Postgraduate Research Supervisor of the year award. Stevie Martin is a College Assistant Professor at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge though aspects of the book were written while she was a Senior Lecturer at the T.C Beirne School of Law (University of Queensland). Stevie is also joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review. Her research into human rights and medical law has been relied upon in courts nationally and internationally and she has given evidence to Parliament, including the Joint Human Rights Committee. Stevie's research has been awarded the Yorke Prize and has been referred to in media reports on end-of-life issues. Stephanie Palmer has taught for many years at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law and also at Harvard Law School. She is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, a joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review, a Fellow of Girton College and the Lauterpacht Centre, Cambridge. She is a member of the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and on the Advisory Board of the Pro Bono organisation, the Law Corner. Her published work on official secrecy and freedom of information has been translated into French, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian. She has given advice to the Parliament of Ukraine on constitutional issues and given evidence before a UK Parliamentary Select Committee on behalf of Liberty.

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