Gordon, R. J. F.

Judicial review and the Human Rights Act / Richard Gordon and Tim Ward. - London : Cavendish Pub., c2000 - xlviii, 294 p. ; 25 cm.

The law is stated as at 1 August 2000

Foreword. - Preface. - Table of Cases. - Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments. - Table of European Legislation. - 1. The Human Rights Act. - The Rights Incorporated. - The Interpretative Obligations on the Court. - Claimants, Defendants and Forum. - Time Limits and Retrospective Effect of the Human Rights Act. - Effect of a Breach of the Convention in Domestic Law. - The Statutory Defence. - Damages. - Special Protection for Articles 9 and 10. - Derogations and Reservations. - The Role of Strasbourg. 2. Claimants and Defendants. - Standing to Challenge. - Defendants: Who will be Subject to a Convention Challenge? 3. Convention Concepts. - Convention Concepts in Domestic Law. - Scope of Application of Convention Concepts. - Interpreting the Convention. - 15: Derogation in Time of Emergency. - Article 16: Restrictions on Political Activity of Aliens. -

The Human Rights Act 1998 will have a profound effect on the law of the United Kingdom, and in no area more so than judicial review. This book gives practical guidence on the interplay between the new Act and domestic public law. The Act provides the administrative Court with a set of powerful

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Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998.


Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)


Civil rights--Great Britain.
Human rights--European Union countries.
International and municipal law--Great Britain.
Judicial review--Great Britain.
Public law--Great Britain

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