Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights, 9th Edition

• Coverage is fully focused on mapping to civil liberties and human rights law modules, ensuring that this is the ideal text to use on such modules
• Questions for discussion are included at the end of each chapter, to check students' understanding and to encourage them to engage with the key issues
• Suggestions for further reading assist and encourage students to develop their knowledge and understanding of the topic
• An Online Resource Centre containing updates and web links to related sites enables students to remain fully up to date with developments in this fast-moving field

New to this edition

• Includes a new chapter on Article 6 of the European Convention, the right to a fair trial, to ensure that this important topic is given adequate coverage
• Fully updated to cover all the latest developments in the subject, including relating to the right to privacy and the use of so-called 'super-injunctions'

The ninth edition of Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights provides a straightforward and stimulating account of this fascinating area of law. 

This essential textbook covers all the main topics taught on undergraduate civil liberties and human rights modules. It provides thorough, critical coverage of crucial areas such as police powers, freedom of expression, terrorism, and public order. Throughout the text the law is set in its social and political context. There is full discussion of all relevant post Human Rights Act 1998 jurisprudence, as well as analysis of the latest decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights.

Readership: Undergraduates studying civil liberties and human rights law, either as an optional module or as part of their compulsory public law course.