Publisher's Synopsis
Human Rights Law in Scotland provides essential practical guidance to the Scottish legal profession. Contents includes: ECHR and Scots law. European protection of human rights. Applying the European Convention of Human Rights. Physical Integrity: life, torture and inhuman treatment, servitude and liberty of person. Fair administration of justice. Private and family life and education. Civil and political liberties: thought, expression, assembly and association and free elections. Property rights. Appendices: the Human Rights Act 1998, relevant sections of both the Scotland Act 1998 and the ECHR.
