LL469 Half Unit
UK Human Rights Law
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Conor Gearty SAR.G.04
Dr Patrick O'Brien (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Fellow)
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Human Rights, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, Master of Laws and Master of Laws (extended part-time study). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
This course is capped at 30 students.
Course content
This course will be made up of a detailed study of the UK Human Rights Act. The origins and the political background to the Act will be explained, and the structure of the measure will be fully elaborated, relying on the text of the Act itself but also on the burgeoning case law that accompanies the measure. The course will identify the principles that underpin the Act and explain its proper place in English law. It will also explore the wider constitutional implications of the measure, looking at its effect on the relationship between courts and Parliament. The course complements European Human Rights Law (LL468) but can be taken separately from it.
Teaching
15 hours of lectures and 5 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour and 30 minutes