Human rights & comparisons The ‘Tinkerbell moment”: why we should care about Comparative Human Rights Law 23 Apr 2019 The human rights contestations facing courts in different jurisdictions are remarkably similar. Does the death penalty breach human rights? Does freedom of speech include racist speech? What are the appropriate…
Human rights & comparisons… NEW PUBLICATION: Hélène Tyrrell, Human Rights in the UK and the Influence of Foreign Jurisprudence (Hart 2018) 11 Oct 201826 Nov 2018 Human Rights in the UK and the Influence of Foreign Jurisprudence sits in Hart’s ‘Studies in Comparative Public Law’ series, which includes two closely related works: The Use of Foreign…
Brexit… Merris Amos – Brexit led tinkering with the UK human rights machine: minor adjustment or damaging blow? 13 Sep 201811 Oct 2018 Introduction For supporters of the broadest possible reach of human rights law these are troubled times. But for the comparative law scholar these are also very interesting times. Proponents of…