Harris, O'Boyle, and Warbrick Law of the European Convention on Human Rights

Now in its third edition, with its detailed yet clear analysis Harris, O'Boyle, and Warbrick's seminal textbook Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, remains an indispensable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and practitioners alike. The third edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, providing an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive account of Strasbourg case law and its underlying principles. It sets out and critically analyses each Convention article(including those addressed by relevant Protocols), and thoroughly examines the system of supervision. The book also addresses the pressures and challenges facing the Strasbourg system in the twenty-first century.PART I: THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEXT ; 1. The European Convention on Human Rights in Context ; PART II: ENFORCEMENT MACHINERY ; 2. Admissibility of applications ; 3. The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure ; 4. The execution of the Court's judgments ; PART III: THE RIGHTS GUARANTEED ; 5. Article 2: The right to life ; 6. Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ; 7. Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour ; 8. Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person ; 9. Article 6: The right to a fair trial ; 10. Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment ; 11. Articles 8-11: General considerations ; 12. Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence ; 13. Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion ; 14. Article 10: Freedom of expression ; 15. Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association ; 16. Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family ; 17. Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy ; 18. Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law') ; 19. Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation ; 20. Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights protected ; 21. Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property ; 22. Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education ; 23. Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections ; 24. The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols