Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European ConventionThe European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966. |
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Contents
Human Rights Fundamental Freedoms and the World of the Common Law | 1 |
The Mechanisms of Repression | 54 |
The International Protection of Individual Rights Before 1939 | 91 |
Codes of Human Rights | 157 |
Human Rights and the Structure of the Brave New World | 221 |
The Burdens of Empire | 276 |
The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy | 323 |
Becketts Bill and the Loss of the Initiative | 390 |
The Rival Texts | 649 |
The Conclusion of Negotiations and the Rearguard Action | 711 |
The First Protocol | 754 |
Ratification and its Consequences | 808 |
Emergencies and Derogations | 874 |
The First Cyprus Case | 924 |
The Outcome of the Two Applications | 988 |
Coming In Rather Reluctantly From the Cold | 1053 |
Conflict Abroad and at Home | 462 |
The Growing Disillusion | 511 |
Britain and the Western Option | 543 |
From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe | 597 |
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Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European ... Alfred William Brian Simpson No preview available - 2001 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention, Alfred William Brian Simpson |
| Author | Alfred William Brian Simpson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0199267898, 9780199267897 |
| Length | 1161 pages |
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