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The European Convention on Human Rights and the conflict in Northern Ireland / Brice Dickson.

Title
The European Convention on Human Rights and the conflict in Northern Ireland / Brice Dickson.
Author
Dickson, Brice
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description
xxxvii, 445 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Charting the role played by the European Convention on Human Rights during the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present day, this text offers a systematic case-study of the Convention's capacity to protect human rights in a society wracked by terrorism and political conflict.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The background to the conflict and the rights discourse -- Early fumblings with the Convention -- Internment and restrictions on movement -- Powers of arrest -- Detention pending charge or trial -- The right not to be ill-treated -- The right to a fair trial -- The right to life -- The right to a private and family life -- Freedom of expression, belief, and assembly -- Freedom from discrimination -- The final picture.
ISBN
  • 9780199571383
  • 0199571384
LCCN
^^2010008503
OCLC
471822512
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library