Human rights and law
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Course overview
  • 2 Part A: The growth of international human rights and humanitarian law
    • 2.1 Treaties, conventions and constitutions
    • 2.2 Slavery reform
    • 2.3 The Red Cross
    • 2.4 Summary of Part A
  • 3 Part B: The European Convention on Human Rights
    • 3.1 Part B overview
    • 3.2 What is the European Convention on Human Rights?
    • 3.3 What were the fundamental human rights which required protection?
    • 3.4 The development of the European Convention on Human Rights
    • 3.5 The European Court of Human Rights
    • 3.6 The terms of the European Convention on Human Rights
    • 3.7 The growth of the ECHR
    • 3.8 Summary of Part B
  • 4 Part C: The English courts and human rights
    • 4.1 An overview of the UK perspective
    • 4.2 Effect of the ECHR on English law prior to the Human Rights Act 1998
    • 4.3 Summary of Part C
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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