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The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
David Hoffman (Ed.)
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Description for The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
hardcover. Leading academics and practitioners examine how the Human Rights Act influences private law cases in theory and practice. Editor(s): Hoffmann, David. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
The Human Rights Act 1998 has had a profound effect in numerous private law decisions and has been the subject of extensive academic debate, in particular on the issue of the extent to which it has horizontal effect and its application in disputes between individuals. With contributions from a variety of academics and practitioners, this volume covers and contributes to the academic debate on horizontal effect and considers how theory matches up with case law; the limits of the Act for private law; and its impact on key areas including privacy, defamation, negligence, nuisance, property, commercial law and employment. Together, ... Read more
The Human Rights Act 1998 has had a profound effect in numerous private law decisions and has been the subject of extensive academic debate, in particular on the issue of the extent to which it has horizontal effect and its application in disputes between individuals. With contributions from a variety of academics and practitioners, this volume covers and contributes to the academic debate on horizontal effect and considers how theory matches up with case law; the limits of the Act for private law; and its impact on key areas including privacy, defamation, negligence, nuisance, property, commercial law and employment. Together, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107009325
SKU
V9781107009325
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Ref
99-12
About David Hoffman (Ed.)
David Hoffman is a practising barrister in the fields of chancery and commercial law. He is a co-author of the student textbook Human Rights in the UK and is a former law lecturer at Somerville College, Oxford.
Reviews for The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
'The chief glory of [the book] lies in its 12 substantive chapters on specific aspects of private law … David Hoffman gives himself three modest pages at the end to reflect on the book's contents, expressing the hope as he says 'that the discussion' in it 'can assist' in the effective reception of the HRA into private law … He ... Read more