The Uk before the European Court of Human Rights: Case Law and Commentary

These include recent decisions on the UK violations of the right to life under Article 2, in connection with the SAS killing of IRA suspects in Gibraltar and the right to respect family life for transsexuals under Article 8.;The material selected indicates the nature and extent of the rights protected under the Convention and the powers and limits of the jurisdiction of the Convention organs.

About the Author

Sue Farran is a Principal Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Director of the European, International and Comparative Law Unit. She is co-author of a book on the French Legal System, and for a number of years has been involved as an assessor for the International Rene Cassim Human Rights Moot for students, held in Strasbourg.