Human Rights Act 1998: a Guide for Scottish Lawyers (Book)

This volume explains the ways in which the Human Rights Act 1998 introduces into the Scottish legal system, the rights and freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. It describes the way the Act gives domestic effect to those rights and also provides an introduction to the content of those rights, as explained and developed by the European Court of Human Rights. The text also examines the relationship between the Human Rights Act and the Scotland Act 1998, and in particular explores the implications of the Human Rights Act on the powers of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive.