Serious Crime, Human Rights and Criminal Procedure

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-421-78290-7
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten

Based on the 53rd series of Hamlyn Lectures presented by Professor Andrew Ashworth, this book explores the justification for honouring human rights in the context of criminal procedure, and subsequently examines the way in which both the Strasbourg Court

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashworth, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents include: I Why Bother With Rights When Public Safety is at Risk?: introduction; the value of accuracy; process values and legitimacy; exploring procedural fairness; conflicting goals, conflicting pressures. II The Strasbourg Court and the British Response to Strasbourg: the early years; public safety and Article 6; British courts and the public interest; the strength of "public interest" arguments; human rights and the critics. III Taking a Balanced View of the "Public Interest": greater safeguards for serious crime; developing a human rights culture; no rights without responsibilities; rights and risk; avoiding human rights; war, fights and the relegation of human rights.