Human Rights and Scots Law - by Andrea Loux & Wilson Finnie & Chris Himsworth (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book by a team of academics, judges and distinguished practitioners discusses the implications of the incorporation of the ECHR into Scots law.

Book Synopsis

This book, written by a team of academics, judges and distinguished practitioners from the UK and abroad discusses the implications of the incorporation of the ECHR into Scots law. The contributors consider the impact of the Human Rights Act in light of the new constitutional settlement for Scotland and their experiences of other rights regimes in Europe, the Commonwealth, and the United States. The contributions span the fields of Private, Public, European Community and Comparative law and draw on human rights law and practice in the UK, the European Community, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and Sweden, where the ECHR was recently incorporated. Topics include: analyses of the Human Rights Act and Scotland Act; human rights and the law of crime, property, employment, family and private life; Scottish court practice and procedure; Scots law and the European dimension; and building a rights culture in Scotland

Review Quotes

"This is a valuable collection, rewarding its readers with fresh insights into - and provocative assessments of - the challenges faced by Scots law as it seeks to accommodate the concepts and practices of human rights. The book will be of considerable interest also to lawyers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, who will find in it a very worthwhile comparative analysis of the issues faced by their neighbouring legal system as it struggles to adapt to reforms similar to those which their own systems also confront. It is certainly recommended reading for all public and private lawyers with an interest in the complexities of this multi-dimensional constitutional change." --Heather Lardy, Public Law

About the Author

Andrea Loux is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh.
Chris Himsworth is Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh.
Alan Boyle is Professor of Public International Law, all at the University of Edinburgh.