Part I: The Architecture of the Human Rights Act 1 Great Expectations 2 Human Rights and the Political Process 3 The Courts (I): Sources of law 4 The Courts (II): Interpretation and Its Limits 5 The Co-operative Constitution? Part II: Domestic Remedies for Violations of Convention Rights 6 Public Law Remedies: the Scope and Standard of Judicial Review under the HRA 7 Human Rights and the Criminal Trial 8 Human Rights and Counter-Terrorist Measures 9 ‘Horizontal rights’ 10 Civil Law Remedies 11 Conclusion

More than five years after the commencement of the Human Rights Act 1998, this book evaluates the Act's effectiveness and the extent to which the Act has delivered on the promise to 'bring rights home'.

Scholarly reflections on the nature and impact of human rights law. The language of human rights figures prominently in legal and political debates at the national, regional and international levels. In the UK the Human Rights Act 1998 has generated considerable interest in the law of human rights. It will continue to provoke much debate in the legal community and the search for original insights and new materials will intensify. The aim of this series is to provide a forum for scholarly reflection on all aspects of the law of human rights. The series will encourage work which engages with the theoretical, comparative and international dimensions of human rights law. The primary aim is to publish over time books which offer an insight into human rights law in its contextual setting. The objective is to promote an understanding of the nature and impact of human rights law. The series is inclusive, in the sense that all perspectives in legal scholarship are welcome. It will incorporate the work of new and established scholars. Human Rights Law in Perspective is not confined to consideration of the UK. It will strive to reflect comparative, regional and international perspectives. Work which focuses on human rights law in other states will therefore be included in this series. The intention is to offer an inclusive intellectual home for significant scholarly contributions to human rights law.