Synopses & Reviews
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.
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 Law
2. The Mechanisms for the Repression of Liberty
3. International Protection of Human Rights before 1939
4. War Aims and Human Rights
5. Human Rights and the Brave New World
6. The Burdens of Empire
7. The Foreign Office Establishes a Policy
8. Beckett's Bill and the Loss of the Initiative
9. Conflict at Home and Abroad
10. The Growing Disillusion
11. Britain and the Western Option
12. From the Brussels Treaty to the Council of Europe
13. A Convention, but on the Right Lines
14. An Unqualified Misfortune: the Rearguard Action Against the Convention
15. Even More Rights: The First Protocol
16. The Consequences of Ratification and the Conversion of the Colonial Office
17. Emergencies and Derogations
18. Britain in the Dock
19. Allegations of Torture in Cyprus
20. Individual Petition and the Court
21. Fifty Years On
Bibliography
Appendix of Selected Bills on Human Rights