The Human Rights Act, 1998 and the European Convention : Central Themes and Principles

This work identifies and analyses the central themes of the Convention which have emerged through the case law in the interpretation and application of HRA 1998.

It examines the human rights concepts and principles which are most likely to arise in practice and of which practitioners need to be aware.

Detailed and authoritative guidance on some of the most important human rights questions is highlighted through jurisprudence from the House of Lords and from a series of landmark judgments in Northern Ireland. 'Human rights alertness has become one of the tools which practitioners must have in their armoury.

I have no doubt that this work will be an indispensable guide to those practising in this field and a source of authoritative commentary for those whose duty and privilege it is to apply human rights principles in our courts' Sir Brian Kerr: Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Topics covered in this title include: HRA 1998 - The Main Tools; The Limits of the Convention; the Balance Principle; The Discretionary Area of Judgement; the Intensity of Review; Proportionality; and, Article 14.