Tort Law and Human Rights

Informationen zum Autor Jane Wright is a Senior Lecturer in Law and a member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. Klappentext Common law principles need to be re-evaluated in the light of the Human Rights Act. This book pursues this objective by analysing the Act's effect! then considering whether the approach of the English courts measures up to the Strasbourg standard. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; the Human Rights Act 1998; the European Convention on Human Rights - its application and interpretation; the duty of care and compatibility with Article 6 of the Convention; positive obligations! omissions and the convention - should English law recognise a duty to rescue/warn?; defamation and freedom of expression; privacy; environmental protection! the Convention and private nuisance; appendix - Schedule 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998.

Klappentext
Common law principles need to be re-evaluated in the light of the Human Rights Act. This book pursues this objective by analysing the Act's effect, then considering whether the approach of the English courts measures up to the Strasbourg standard.

Inhalt
Introduction; the Human Rights Act 1998; the European Convention on Human Rights - its application and interpretation; the duty of care and compatibility with Article 6 of the Convention; positive obligations, omissions and the convention - should English law recognise a duty to rescue/warn?; defamation and freedom of expression; privacy; environmental protection, the Convention and private nuisance; appendix - Schedule 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998.