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Human rights and the private sphere a comparative study

Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, "Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study" analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights, freedoms and private law. Focusing primarily on civil and political rights, an international team of constitutional...

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Other Authors: Oliver, Dawn (Editor), Fedtke, Jörg (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge-Cavendish 2007.
Series:The University of Texas at Austin studies in foreign and transnational law
Subjects:
Human rights.
Privacy, Right of.
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Table of Contents:
  • Human rights and the private sphere
  • the scope of the project / Dawn Oliver and Jorg Fedtke
  • Ch. 1. Denmark : Drittwirkung and conflicting rights
  • viewed from national and international perspectives / Jonas Christoffersen
  • Ch. 2. England and Wales : the Human Rights Act and the private sphere / Dawn Oliver
  • Ch. 3. France : horizontal application and the triumph of the European convention on human rights / Myriam Hunter-Henin
  • Ch. 4. Germany : Drittwirkung in Germany / Jorg Fedtke
  • Ch. 5. Greece : taking private law seriously in the application of constitutional rights / Christina Akrivopoulou
  • Ch. 6. India : protection of human rights against state and non-state action / Mahendra P. Singh
  • Ch. 7. Ireland : Irish constitutional law and direct horizontal effect
  • a successful experiment? / Colm O'Cinneide
  • Ch. 8. Israel : human rights in private law
  • the Israeli case / Daphne Barak-Erez and Israel Gilead
  • Ch. 9. Italy : the protection of constitutional rights in the private sphere / Chiara Favilli and Carlo Fusaro
  • Ch. 10. New Zealand : taking human rights into the private sphere / Paul Rishworth
  • Ch. 11. South Africa : from indirect to direct effect in South Africa : a system in transition / Jorg Fedtke
  • Ch. 12. Spain : a jurisdiction recognising the direct horizontal application of human rights / Andrea Rodriguez Liboreiro
  • Ch. 13. The United States and Canada : state action, constitutional rights and private actors / Eric Barendt
  • Ch. 14. The European convention on human rights : the European Court of Human Rights / Dean Spielmann
  • Comparative analysis / Dawn Oliver and Jorg Fedtke
  • Country by country chart

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