Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

by A. W. Brian Simpson

Overview

The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199267897
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/08/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1178
Product dimensions:	9.42(w) x 6.18(h) x 2.13(d)

About the Author

A. W. Brian Simpson is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

Table of Contents

1. Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, and the World of the Common Law2. The Mechanisms for the Repression of Liberty3. International Protection of Human Rights before 19394. War Aims and Human Rights5. Human Rights and the Brave New World6. The Burdens of Empire7. The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy8. Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative9. Conflict at Home and Abroad10. The Growing Disillusion11. Britain and the Western Option12. From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe13. A Convention, but on the Right Lines14. An Unqualified Misfortune: the Rearguard Action Against the Convention15. Even More Rights: The First Protocol16. The Consequences of Ratification and the Conversion of the Colonial Office17. Emergencies and Derogations18. Britain in the Dock19. Allegations of Torture in Cyprus20. Individual Petition and the Court21. Fifty Years OnBibliographyAppendix of Selected Bills on Human Rights