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|  The Human Rights Law Conference 2006 | |
| The annual JUSTICE / Sweet & Maxwell Human Rights Law Conference is the established forum for the analysis of legislation and case law across a wide range of practice areas. |
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| Torture & the Common Law (2006) | |
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| Can Human Rights Survive? (2006) | |
| A set of three essays, originally presented as the 2005 Hamlyn Lectures. Conor Gearty considers whether human rights can survive the challenges of the war on terror, the revival of political religion, and the steady erosion of the world's natural resources. |
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| Torture - Does it make us safer ? Is it ever ok? A Human Rights Perspective (2006) | |
| Cherie Booth QC was the author of the chapter on Sexual violence, Torture and International Justice |
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| Al-Kateb Seminar (2006) | |
| Seminar on the infamous Australian case of Al-Kateb, which bears certain similarities to A v Secretary of State for the Home Department. |
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| Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors (2006) | |
| Book by Andrew Clapham, published March 2006, Oxford University Press, which seeks to develop an understanding of the importance of human rights accountability for corporations, international organisations, multilateral development banks, multinational peace-keeping operations, rebel groups and even for individuals. |
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| Human Rights Lexicon (2005) | |
| Book by Susan Marks and Andrew Clapham, published May 2005, by Oxford University Press. The companion website gives access to treaties, judgments and other documents referred to in the book. |
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| We Must Keep the Last Taboo (2005) | |
| Article by Conor Gearty, published in The Guardian, 19 April 2005.
In the post-Abu Ghraib world, the last and deepest liberal taboo - the refusal to countenance the use of torture - is in the process of being well and truly breached... |
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| The Future of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring (2000) | |
| The book examines the strengths and weaknesses of the monitoring systems that are in place to ensure the effective implementation of human rights treaties by ratifying States. It provides recommendations as to how the system can be improved to better protect fundamental rights. The book is co-edited by James Crawford SC. |
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| Silence and Safety: The Impact of Human Rights Law (2000) | |
| This article on the impact of human rights law on the right to silence is co-written by Ben Emmerson QC, Anthony Jennings QC and Andrew Ashworth QC. It is published in Criminal Law Review. |
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| Equality: The Neglected Virtue (2004) | |
| The article analyses the principle of equality on both the ordinary and the constitutional level. It explores equality under judicial review principles and under the Human Rights Act 1998. Written by Rabinder Singh QC, the article was cited with approval by Lord Steyn in the case of R (European Roma Rights Centre) v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport. |
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| The Right to Privacy in English Law (2002) | |
| The article analyses the law of privacy in its historical context and addresses how freedom of expression should be balanced with the right to privacy within the setting of the Human Rights Act 1998. Published in the European Human Rights Law Review, the article is written by Rabinder Singh QC and James Strachan. |
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| Importing Proportionality: Clarification or Confusion (2002) | |
| The article considers how the concept of proportionality has gained acceptance in UK law under the Human Rights Act 1998. It examines the HRA's potential as a constitutional safeguard and looks at the application of proportionality in case law. The article is written by Nicholas Blake QC. |
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| The Human Rights Act Implications of a Ban on Hunting with Dogs (2002) | |
| The article considers the compatibility of human rights with a ban on hunting with dogs. The authors consider whether hunting falls within the scope of private life as set out in Article 8 ECHR and analyse the history of government policy on the issue of hunting. The article is written by Rabinder Singh QC and David Thomas. |
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| Human Rights Practice (2000- ongoing) | |
| This looseleaf has an encyclopaedic approach to all elements of the HRA 1998 and the ECHR. Co-edited by Ben Emmerson QC and Jessica Simor, the volume also has contributions from a number of other members, including Mathew Purchase and Danny Friedman. |
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| Principles of Human Rights Adjudication (2004) | |
| Written by Conor Gearty, this book explains the core principles of the HRA 1998 and the method for applying these principles in practical terms. |
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| Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (2003) | |
| The book gives a concise explanation of the application of HRA 1998 and outlines the scope of ECHR Articles as well as providing the latest key cases in the field. Helen Mountfield is one of the authors. |
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| The Law of Human Rights (2003) | |
| The Law of Human Rights provides a systematic and thorough analysis of human rights law and practice in the UK. The book is written by Hugh Tomlinson QC and Richard Clayton QC. |
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