Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
About the Book Series
This series contains thought-provoking and original scholarship on human rights law. The books address civil and political rights as well as social, cultural and economic rights, and explore international, regional and domestic legal orders. The legal status, content, obligations and application of specific rights will be analysed as well as treaties, mechanisms and institutions designed to promote and protect rights.
Human Rights Law and Corporate Regulation: A Neo-Concession Approach
1st Edition
By Jonathan Barrett
October 24, 2024
This book argues for an intensely humanist engagement with the company and presents a model of company regulation that is compatible with the protection, respect for and fulfilment of human rights. Dr Barrett provides a theoretical framing for corporate regulation in the context of human rights ...
Domestic Abuse and the European Court of Human Rights
1st Edition
By Ronagh J.A. McQuigg
October 10, 2024
This book provides a detailed critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on domestic abuse. Such abuse affects vast numbers of people throughout all nations of the world. Although it was not until 2007 that domestic abuse was considered substantively by the ...
Surveillance Law, Data Retention and Human Rights: A Risk to Democracy
1st Edition
By Matthew White
September 16, 2024
This book analyses the compatibility of data retention in the UK with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The increase in the use of modern technology has led to an explosion of generated data and, with that, a greater interest from law enforcement and intelligence agencies. In the ...
Bulk Surveillance, Democracy and Human Rights Law in Europe: A Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Marcin Rojszczak
July 22, 2024
This book discusses contemporary standards of legal safeguards in the area of bulk electronic surveillance from the perspective of the European legal model. Bulk, or untargeted, surveillance, although traditionally associated with the interception of electronic communications, is increasingly used ...
Defamation and the Right to Freedom of Speech: The UK in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Mariette Jones
June 28, 2024
In an effort to balance the protection of reputation and the right to free speech, the UK Parliament attempted to fundamentally transform English libel law through the Defamation Act 2013. This book evaluates the success of this attempt by means of a comparative analysis of relevant law in the ...
Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child
1st Edition
By Georgina Dimopoulos
May 27, 2024
Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state. This book advances a theory of a child’s right to decisional privacy. It draws on the framework of the United Nations ...
International Human Rights Law and Destitution: An Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Perspective
1st Edition
By Luke Graham
May 27, 2024
This book explores destitution from the perspective of international human rights law and, more specifically, economic, social, and cultural rights. The experience of destitution correlates to the non-realisation of a range of economic, social, and cultural rights. However, destitution has not been...
The European Convention of Human Rights Regime: Reform of Immigration and Minority Policies from Afar
1st Edition
By Dia Anagnostou
May 27, 2024
Prompted by an unprecedented rise of litigation since the 1990s, this book examines how the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) system and the Strasbourg Court interact with states and non-governmental actors to influence domestic change. Focusing on European Court of Human Rights litigation...
International Human Rights and Local Courts: Human Rights Interpretation in Indonesia
1st Edition
Edited
By Aksel Tømte, Eko Riyadi
April 29, 2024
This book addresses the technicalities of how international human rights law can be applied at the domestic level through a case study of the human rights methodology of the Indonesian judiciary. Numerous international human rights treaties have been ratified by States parties all around the world....
Capturing Caste in Law: The Legal Regulation of Caste Discrimination
1st Edition
By Annapurna Waughray
January 29, 2024
This book is about the legal regulation of caste discrimination. It highlights the difficulty of capturing caste in international and domestic law, and suggests solutions. Its aim is to contribute to the task of understanding how to secure effective legal protection from and prevention of ...
Civilian Drones, Visual Privacy and EU Human Rights Law
1st Edition
By Girish Agarwal
January 29, 2024
This book examines rights issues in relation to visual privacy in the use of civilian drones. Here, visual privacy is described as the freedom from a combination of unwanted activities directed towards an individual, such as observing, recording, and publishing of personal visual information ...
The Workings of Human Rights, Law and Justice: A Journey from Nepal to Nobel Nominee
1st Edition
By Surya Subedi, QC
January 29, 2024
Drawing on the personal experience of a leading international jurist, this book provides insights into the workings of international law and human rights from a global perspective that transcends the traditional divide between the West and the East, and the Global South and Global North. The work ...