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Your Rights Megan Addis

Your Rights By Megan Addis

Your Rights by Megan Addis


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'Widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive and reliable guide to civil rights and liberties.' Softback Preview

Your Rights Summary

Your Rights: The Liberty Guide to Human Rights by Megan Addis

This is the eighth edition of the successful civil liberties guide Your Rights.

Now expanded and extended in scope to include all new legislation that has come into force since the last edition was published in 2000, this book includes, a new introduction covering the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights and a new chapter on the Rights of the Bereaved. In addition to, updated and expanded chapters on the rights of suspects, rights of defendants, rights of prisoners, rights of immigrants and the rights of families and children.

Written by leading lawyers and campaigners at Liberty, this is the ultimate reference handbook for specialists and general readers alike.

Your Rights Reviews

'A very useful general guide. It is the kind of book that everyone needs from time to time, whether it is to decide whether there are grounds for using the law or just to check up on something. It is well laid out and easy to use' -- Labour Research
'Widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive and reliable guide to civil rights and liberties' -- The Softback Preview
'Should be considered an essential purchase for anyone interested in human rights protection' -- Susan Nash, New Law Journal

About Megan Addis

Megan Addis is the Advice and Information Officer at Liberty, Britain's leading campaign body working for the promotion of civil rights. She is the co-author of the guide to civil liberties, Your Rights (Pluto, 2005). Prior to joining Liberty she practised civil and criminal litigation. Penelope Morrow is Liberty's Advice and Information Project Officer, Britain's leading campaign body working for the promotion of civil rights. In addition to her work as a barrister and solicitor, she is one of the authors of the guide to civil liberties, Your Rights (Pluto, 2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Foreword
1. The Human Rights Act 1998: An Overview
2. How to Get Redress
3. The Right to Privacy
4. The Right to Know
5. The Rights of Suspects
6. The Rights of Defendants
7. The Rights of Prisoners
8. The Right of Peaceful Protest
9. The Right of Free Expression
10. The Right to Receive Equal Treatment
11. The Rights of Immigrants
12. The Rights of People Detained Under the Mental Health Act 1983
13. The Rights of Children and Young People
14. The Rights of Workers
15. The Law Relating to Gypsies and Travellers
16. The Rights of the Bereaved
17. Accessing UK Legal Resources

Additional information

GOR003758197
9780745322766
074532276X
Your Rights: The Liberty Guide to Human Rights by Megan Addis
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pluto Press
2005-01-20
464
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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