Bailey, Harris & Jones: Civil Liberties Cases, Materials, and Commentary

Sixth Edition

Stephen Bailey and Nick Taylor

An unrivalled collection of source material, combined with expert commentary and analysis, provides an indispensable resource for students of the law relating to civil liberties and human rights
The tried and tested approach places the extracts from cases and materials at the centre of students' learning, thus ensuring that they become comfortable working extensively with primary sources and develop their general legal skills
An Online Resource Centre, featuring regular updates to the text, ensures that the book remains current between editions
Includes a section on discrimination law by Professor Aileen McColgan, providing an expert examination of this key area

New to this Edition:

Thoroughly revised and restructured to ensure that the book remains fully focused on meeting the needs of the modern law student
Full attention is paid to the relevant protections, and ensuing case law, of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of civil liberties
Features a specialist contribution on discrimination law from Professor Aileen McColgan

Bailey, Harris & Jones: Civil Liberties Cases, Materials, and Commentary

Sixth Edition

Stephen Bailey and Nick Taylor

Description

Bailey, Harris and Jones is an indispensable text that facilitates a thorough understanding of this complex subject area. It supplies the reader with an unrivalled collection of materials and commentary on all major aspects of the law relating to civil liberties in England and Wales, and is firmly established as a superb resource for students on civil liberties and constitutional law courses.

This sixth edition has been substantially revised and updated to reflect the wealth of new statutory and case law that has developed since publication of the fifth edition. The content has been significantly re-organised to ensure the book remains accessible and fully focused on meeting the needs of the modern law student.

The combination of a wide range of source material together with extensive analysis, commentary and thorough referencing to other sources of information makes Civil Liberties - Cases, Materials, and Commentary an essential resource for all students of civil liberties and human rights law.

Online Resource Centre

This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring regular updates to the text, and web links.

Bailey, Harris & Jones: Civil Liberties Cases, Materials, and Commentary

Sixth Edition

Stephen Bailey and Nick Taylor

Part I. Introduction
1.:Civil liberties and human rights: definitions and context
2.:Protecting civil liberties and human rights in English law
Part II: Life, liberty and association
3.:ECHR protection of life, liberty and association: articles 2, 3, 5 and 11
4.:Policing and police powers
5.:Public order
6.:Emergency powers; The problem of political terrorism
Part III: Privacy
7.:ECHR protection of privacy: article 8
8.:The protection of privacy
Part IV: Freedom of expression
9.:ECHR protection of freedom of expression: article 10
10.:Freedom of expression: censorship and obscenity
11.:Contempt of court
12.:Government secrecy and national security
Part V: Discrimination
13.:ECHR protection from discrimination: article 14
14.:Statutory discrimination provisions

Bailey, Harris & Jones: Civil Liberties Cases, Materials, and Commentary

Sixth Edition

Stephen Bailey and Nick Taylor

Author Information

Stephen Bailey, Professor of Public Law and Head of the School of Law, University of Nottingham, and Nick Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds