LEADER 03887nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910815303903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7486-8418-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748684182 035 $a(CKB)2670000000417442 035 $a(EBL)1962343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11555301 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042824 035 $a(PQKB)11514231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1962343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1316438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1316438 035 $a(OCoLC)854975447 035 $a(DE-B1597)614548 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748684182 035 $a(OCoLC)1076749059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000417442 100 $a20130730d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPrivate law and human rights $ebringing rights home in Scotland and South Africa /$fedited by Elspeth Reid and Daniel Visser 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (577 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-98017-9 311 $a0-7486-8417-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Imprint; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Private Law in the Age of Rights; Chapter 3 The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minority Freedom in South Africa and Scotland; Chapter 4 Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children; Chapter 5 Property Deprivation of an Absentee in Emulation of the Laws of Succession: The Laws of Scotland and South Africa Compared; Chapter 6 The Right to Personal Security; Chapter 7 Privacy ; Chapter 8 Defamation and Freedom of Expression; Chapter 9 Strict Liability 327 $aChapter 10 Liability of Public Authorities and Public OfficialsChapter 11 Nuisance; Chapter 12 Contract Law and Human Rights; Chapter 13 Principles, Policy and Practice: Human Rights and the Law of Contract; Chapter 14 Juristic Persons and Fundamental Rights; Chapter 15 Examining the Labour Law and Social Dimension of Human Rights: The UK and South Africa; Chapter 16 Rights in Security ; Chapter 17 Access to Credit, the Law of Suretyship and Unfair Suretyships; Chapter 18 The Human Right of Property in Land Law: Comparing South Africa and Scotland 327 $aChapter 19 The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Protection of Ownership and the Right to a HomeChapter 20 Environment and Human Rights: The Right to Water in South Africa and Scotland; Index 330 $aA comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rights Scotland and South Africa are mixed jurisdictions, combining features of common law and civil law traditions. Over the last decade a shared feature in both Scotland and South Africa has been a new and intense focus on human rights. In Scotland the European Convention on Human Rights now constitutes an important element in the foundation of all domestic law. Similarly, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, adopted in 1996, has as its cornerstone a Bill of Rights that binds not only the legislat 606 $aCivil rights$zScotland 606 $aCivil rights$zSouth Africa 606 $aCivil law$zScotland 606 $aCivil law$zSouth Africa 615 0$aCivil rights 615 0$aCivil rights 615 0$aCivil law 615 0$aCivil law 676 $a344.1107 701 $aReid$b Elspeth$01255796 701 $aVisser$b D. P$01702905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815303903321 996 $aPrivate law and human rights$94087753 997 $aUNINA