Contents - Faculty of Law - University of Cambridge

EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW1. Introductory(a) European Convention on Human Rights(i) Historical development(ii) Institutional structure(iii) Procedure(b) The inter-relationship among the European Convention on Human Rights, international human rights law, EUlaw and UK domestic law as regards human rights2. Selected Issues(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)Right to lifeFreedom from torture and ill-treatmentHuman rights and private lifeFreedom of expression and assemblyFreedom of religionEquality and non-discriminationREADINGSuggested texts:Harris, O’Boyle, Warbrick and Bates, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (2nd ed 2009)Further texts:Janis, Kay and Bradley, European Human Rights Law (3rd ed 2008)Mowbray, Cases and Materials on the European Convention on Human Rights (2nd ed 2007)Ovey, White and Jacobs, The European Convention on Human Rights (5th ed 2010)Further books to which students may wish to refer are:Van Dijk and Van Hoof, Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (4th ed 2006)Lester and Pannick, Human Rights Law and Practice (3rd ed 2009)Letsas, A Theory of Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (2009)Oetheimer (ed), Freedom of Expression in Europe: Case Law Concerning Article 10 of the European Convention onHuman Rights (2007)Rowbottom, Democracy Distorted: Wealth, Influence and Democratic Politics (2010)Scolnicov, The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law: Between Group Rights and Individual Rights (2010)Simpson, Human Rights and the End of Empire (2001)Simon and Emmerson, Human Rights Practice (2000)Mowbray, The Development of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights by the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights (2004)Reports of cases under the European Convention on Human Rights include:Publications of the European Court of Human Rights, Series ADecisions and Reports of the European Commission on Human RightsEuropean Human Rights Reports67