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Human rights and the end of Empire : Britain and the gensis of the European convention

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2001Description: 1161p xiISBN:
  • 9780198262893
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.410000 SIM
Contents:
Table of contents 1. Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, and the World of the Common Law; 2. The Mechanisms of Repression; 3. The International Protection of Individual Rights Before 1939; 4. The Ideological Response to War: Codes of Human Rights; 5. Human Rights and the Structure of the Brave New World; 6. The Burdens of Empire; 7. The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy; 8. Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative; 9. Conflict Abroad and at Home; 10. The Growing Disillusion; 11. Britain and the Western Option; 12. From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe; 13. A Convention on the Right Lines: The Rival Texts; 14. The Conclusion of Negotiations and the Rearguard Action; 15. The First Protocol; 16. Ratification and its Consequences; 17. Emergencies and Derogations; 18. The First Cyprus Case; 19. The Outcome of the Two Applications; 20. Coming In, Rather Reluctantly, From the Cold; Bibliography; Index
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Table of contents
1. Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, and the World of the Common Law;
2. The Mechanisms of Repression;
3. The International Protection of Individual Rights Before 1939;
4. The Ideological Response to War: Codes of Human Rights;
5. Human Rights and the Structure of the Brave New World;
6. The Burdens of Empire;
7. The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy;
8. Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative;
9. Conflict Abroad and at Home;
10. The Growing Disillusion;
11. Britain and the Western Option;
12. From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe;
13. A Convention on the Right Lines: The Rival Texts;
14. The Conclusion of Negotiations and the Rearguard Action;
15. The First Protocol;
16. Ratification and its Consequences;
17. Emergencies and Derogations;
18. The First Cyprus Case;
19. The Outcome of the Two Applications;
20. Coming In, Rather Reluctantly, From the Cold;
Bibliography;
Index