• Covers all of the core areas of human rights law with a clear, straightforward approach that is ideal for students new to the subject
• Helpful features including summaries, definitions, discussion topics, case close-ups and further reading references are integrated throughout the text to explain key points and highlight essential concepts
• Reflective questions are included at the end of each chapter, with guidance on how to approach them on the book's accompanying website. These encourage students to reinforce their learning and foster best practice in developing a reasoned and structured approach to problem solving
• A fresh and innovative two-colour text design makes the book easy to navigate and highlights cross-references and learning features

New to this edition

• The introduction of four new 'application' chapters adds new coverage on the way in which different Convention rights have impacted on UK law, focusing on key civil liberties topics such as police powers, prisoners rights, privacy and public protest
• The new chapters add an extra level of detail and analysis to the book, ensuring that students are stimulated and encouraged to understand and appreciate the full effect of Convention rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 on UK law
• Includes more discussion of different ideas and theories of human rights, so students can fully appreciate the ethics behind the law
• Fully updated coverage in light of the Counter-Terrorism Bill, and plans to allow the detention of terrorism suspects for 42 days without charge

Readership: Undergraduate students studying optional modules on human rights law. Undergraduate students studying human rights law as part of their compulsory public law modules.

Howard Davis, Reader in Public Law, Bournemouth University

Part I: Human Rights: The European Convention and the Human Rights Act
1.: Introduction: the idea of human rights
2.: The European Convention on Human Rights
3.: The European Convention and the law of the United Kingdom
4.: The Human Rights Act 1998 (1) rights and duties
5.: The Human Rights Act 1998 (2) proceedings and remedies
Part II: Substantive Rights and Application
6.: Convention law: pervasive themes
7.: Ancillary rights
8.: Article 2 right to life
9.: Article 3 prohibition of torture
10.: Article 4 prohibition of slavery and forced labour
11.: Article 5 right to liberty and security
12.: Right to a fair trial
13.: Article 7 no punishment without law
14.: Introduction to Articles 8-11
15.: Article 8 right to respect for private and family life
16.: Applications: prisoner's rights, deportation and medical law
17.: Applications: police powers
18.: Article 9 freedom of thought, conscience and religion
19.: Article 10 freedom of expression
20.: Article 11 freedom of assembly and association
21.: Article 12 right to marry
22.: Applications: media law and privacy
23.: Applications: political protest and public order
24.: Article 1 of the First Protocol protection of property
25.: Article 2 of the First Protocol right to education
26.: Article 3 of the First Protocol right to free elections
27.: Anti-terrorism law and human rights