The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights in Private Law
The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights in Private Law

Author: Verica Trstenjak

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-16

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 3319253379

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This book provides a comparative perspective on one of the most intriguing developments in law: the influence of basic rights and human rights in private law. It analyzes the application of basic rights and human rights, which are traditionally understood as public law rights, in private law, and discusses the related spillover effects and changing perspectives in legal doctrine and practice. It provides examples where basic rights and human rights influence judicial reasoning and lead to changes of legislation in contract law, tort law, property law, family law, and copyright law. Providing both context and background analysis for any critical examination of the horizontal effect of fundamental rights in private law, the book contributes to the current debate on an important issue that deserves the attention of legal practitioners, scholars, judges and others involved in the developments in a variety of the world’s jurisdictions. This book is based on the General Report and national reports commissioned by the International Academy of Comparative Law and written for the XIXth International Congress of Comparative Law in Vienna, Austria, in the summer of 2014.

Human Rights in Private Law
Human Rights in Private Law

Author: Dan Friedmann

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2002-03-12

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1847311881

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Traditionally,the theory of human rights limited its application to the public domain, namely the relationships between individuals and public authorities. The great expansion of human rights legislation and concepts in modern national and international law has given rise to a major issue relating to their potential impact on private relationships. This book examines this important topic, which may revolutionize private law. It presents new approaches which strive to broaden the application of human rights to the private field on the ground that power can be abused and human rights can be infringed even when all parties are private. The subject is examined from theoretical and comparative perspectives by leading scholars representing a diversity of legal systems - the United States, Canada, England, South Africa, Germany and Israel. Among the contributors are Professor Todd Rakoff (Harvard), Professor Roger Brownsword (Sheffield), Professor Hugh Beale (Warwick) and Professor Ewan McKendrick (Oxford), Professor Ernest Weinrib and Professor Lorraine Weinrib (Toronto), Professor Christian Starck (Gottingen), Professor Andreas Heldrich (Munich) and others.

The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law

Author: David Hoffman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-10-13

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1139503200

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The Human Rights Act 1998 has had a profound effect in numerous private law decisions and has been the subject of extensive academic debate, in particular on the issue of the extent to which it has horizontal effect and its application in disputes between individuals. With contributions from a variety of academics and practitioners, this volume covers and contributes to the academic debate on horizontal effect and considers how theory matches up with case law; the limits of the Act for private law; and its impact on key areas including privacy, defamation, negligence, nuisance, property, commercial law and employment. Together, the book provides a practical critique of the areas discussed, which will be of academic interest to theorists and of practical benefit to lawyers and judges who wish to understand how the academic debates can be brought to bear in particular cases.

Constitutionalisation of Private Law
Constitutionalisation of Private Law

Author: Thomas Barkhuysen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9004148523

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This publication aims at establishing a clear analysis of the nature and growth of the C-factor (C for constitutionalisation) in Germany, France, the UK and The Netherlands.

The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on Private International Law
The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on Private International Law

Author: Louwrens R. Kiestra

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 9462650322

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In this book the interaction between the rights guaranteed in the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and private international law has been analysed by examining the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) and selected national courts. In doing so the book focuses on the impact of the ECHR on the three main issues of private international law: jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Next to a list of cases consulted and a comprehensive bibliography, the book offers brief introductions to PIL and the ECHR for readers who are less familiar with either of the topics. This makes the book not only a valuable tool for specialists and practitioners in the fields covered, but at the same time a well-documented basis for students and starting researchers specializing in either or both directions.

Human Rights and Private International Law
Human Rights and Private International Law

Author: J. J. Fawcett

Publisher: Oxford Private International L

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199666409

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1: Introduction 2: Human rights, private international law, and their interaction 3: The right to a fair trial 4: The right to a fair trial and jurisdiction under the EU rules 5: The right to a fair trial and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under the EU rules 6: The right to a fair trial and jurisdiction under national rules 7: The right to a fair trial and enforcement and recognition of foreign judgments under the traditional English rules 8: The right to a fair trial and private international law: Concluding remarks 9: The prohibition of discrimination and private international law 10: Freedom of expression and the right to respect for private life: International defamation and invasion of privacy 11: The right to marry, the right to respect for family life, the prohibition on discrimination and international marriage 12: Religious rights and recognition of marriage and extra-judicial divorce 13: Right to respect for family life and the rights of the child: International Child Abduction 14: Right to respect for private and family life and related rights: Parental status 15: The right to property, foreign judgments, and cross-border property disputes 16: Overall conclusions.

European Law and National Private Law
European Law and National Private Law

Author: A. S. Hartkamp

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780683850

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European law affects national private law in many ways. This is not only true for EU Directives, but also for the EU Treaties, the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights and the general principles of EU law. This book explores the influence of European law on legal relationships between individuals.

Human Rights Law and Personal Identity
Human Rights Law and Personal Identity

Author: Jill Marshall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-20

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1134443331

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This book explores the role human rights law plays in the formation, and protection, of our personal identities. Drawing from a range of disciplines, Jill Marshall examines how human rights law includes and excludes specific types of identity, which feed into moral norms of human freedom and human dignity and their translation into legal rights. The book takes on a three part structure. Part I traces the definition of identity, and follows the evolution of, and protects, a right to personal identity and personality within human rights law. It specifically examines the development of a right to personal identity as property, the inter-subjective nature of identity, and the intercession of power and inequality. Part II evaluates past and contemporary attempts to describe the core of personal identity, including theories concerning the soul, the rational mind, and the growing influence of neuroscience and genetics in explaining what it means to be human. It also explores the inter-relation and conflict between universal principles and culturally specific rights. Part III focuses on issues and case law that can be interpreted as allowing self-determination. Marshall argues that while in an age of individual identity, people are increasingly obliged to live in conformed ways, pushing out identities that do not fit with what is acceptable. Drawing on feminist theory, the book concludes by arguing how human rights law would be better interpreted as a force to enable respect for human dignity and freedom, interpreted as empowerment and self-determination whilst acknowledging our inter-subjective identities. In drawing on socio-legal, philosophical, biological and feminist outlooks, this book is truly interdisciplinary, and will be of great interest and use to scholars and students of human rights law, legal and social theory, gender and cultural studies.

Personal Freedom Through Human Rights Law?
Personal Freedom Through Human Rights Law?

Author: Jill Marshall

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9004170596

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By analysing the European Court of Human Rightsa (TM) jurisprudence and philosophical debates on personal autonomy, identity and integrity, the book offers a critical analysis of the possibility of different versions of personal freedom emerging in the case law which may restrict rather than enhance personal freedom.