The three pillars of liberty : political rights and freedoms in the United Kingdom / / Francesca Klug, Keir Starmer, and Stuart Weir

• Autore: Klug Francesca
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Disciplina: 323/.0941
• Soggetto topico: Political rights - Great Britain; Civil rights - Great Britain
• Altri autori: StarmerKeir <1962-> WeirStuart
• Note generali: "The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-360) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; How to use this book; The British Tradition of Constitutional Rights Political freedom in the United Kingdom; Auditing Political Rights and Freedoms The Human Rights Index; The Three Pillars of Liberty The system; Ensuring and Securing Democratic Rights The system; Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Executive Government and Parliament; The 'Culture of Liberty' Political culture; The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Test case ; How the Courts Protect Political Rights The courtsEqual Access to Political Rights Equality; 'The British Way of Doing Things' The system; The Ascendancy of Official Secrecy Freedom of information; A Freedom Too Governed by Law Freedom of expression; The Residual Right of Public Protest Freedom of assembly; The Mixed Record Freedom of association and trade unionism; The Chilling Effect of State Surveillance State surveillance; The Use of Force, Arrest and Detention Life and personal liberty; Britain's Missing Voters The right to vote and stand for election ; Findings The system and individual freedomsPolitical Freedom in the UK The Democratic Audit; The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom; The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol; The European Convention on Human Rights; and the First, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Protocols; International Human Rights Instruments Used to Compile the Index; Table of cases; Bibliography and sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Vital reading for all people who want authoritative evaluation of the state of civil liberties and political rights in Britain today. The analysis is lucid, balanced and scholarly.' - Helena Kennedy QC
• Titolo autorizzato: The three pillars of liberty
• ISBN: 1-134-86418-3; 1-134-86416-7; 1-134-86419-1; 0-203-30326-1; 1-280-06271-1; 0-203-42311-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910172239903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II