Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998

The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into British law and is a huge constitutional innovation. There will be radical changes to legal techniques which will affect every area of the law - from commerce to crime, from tax to civil liberties, from familylaw to public law. This second edition provides an up-to-date, clear and user-friendly guide to what it all means. It provides a clear, concise explanation of how the Human Rights Act 1998 will be applied and summarizes the interpretative techniques that lawyers need to understand. The textillustrates, with examples, areas in which the Act will have an impact. It also summarizes developments in Strasbourg case lawand the new Scottish and House of Lords case law. A copy of the Human Rights Act 1998, the Convention, the practice rules and all the relevant Hansard statements areincluded.