Civil Liberties and Human Rights in England and Wales

Written by one of the most highly respected academics on this field, this authoritative textbook provides a detailed account of the English law of civil liberties and human rights. It takes full account of the jurisprudence of the European Convention on Human Rights; discusses key legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and analyses key cases including the conjoined twins and various cases involving immigrants and prisoners. The result is a coherent, detailed and comprehensive text for students and a valuable reference work for practitioners, and those interested in the protection of human rights and individual freedoms.

PART I. PUTTING VALUES INTO PRACTICE: THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS; c Some Basic Values: Civil Liberties, Human Rights, and Autonomy; c Ways of Identifying and Protecting Rights and Liberties; PART II. LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; c Equality and Dignity; c The Right to Life; c Other Rights to Bodily Integrity; c Freedom From Arbitrary Stop, Search and Detention; c Rights Under Restraint: Detention of Prisoners and Patients; c Freedom of Movement Into and Out of Britain; PART III. PRIVACY; c The Scope of Legal Privacy; c Freedom From Unreasonable Entries, Searches, Seizures, and Surveillance; c Protecting Confidences; c Sex, Sexual Activity and Family Life; PART IV. EXPRESSION; c Freedom of Expression; c Media Freedom; c Restricting Expression to Protect the Security of the State; c Restricting Expression to Protect Mixed Public and Private Interests: Blasphemy, Obscenity and Indecency; c Restricting Expression to Further a Public Interest: Contempt of Court; c Protest and Public Order; c Human Rights, Liberty, and Political Will

David Feldman is Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, and Acting Director, Centre for Public Law