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Reflections On Human Rights And Civil Liberties In Light Of The United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998, Conor Gearty
Reflections On Human Rights And Civil Liberties In Light Of The United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998, Conor Gearty
University of Richmond Law Review
It seems at times as though the entire world has become ad- dicted to human rights. The United States has, of course, had its famed Bill of Rights for generations. The United Kingdom's Human Rights Act has recently come into force. That measure also applies to Northern Ireland, with human rights issues appearing in the Good Friday Agreement. Both Britain and Ireland have adopted the model of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, a charter agreed to on November 4, 1950, by western European nations emerging from a dark age of fascist totalitarianism. The body which gave …
Jury Trials And First Amendment Values In "Cyber World", John E. Nowak
Jury Trials And First Amendment Values In "Cyber World", John E. Nowak
University of Richmond Law Review
In the past half-century, I suspect, enough trees to constitute a small forest have been turned into paper simply for discussion of free speech and fair trial issues. I doubt that there is little new to say about how legislatures or courts should be dealing with the subject at the moment. The Supreme Court has been able to work out a series of positions that are at least "good enough for govermnent work" concerning subjects such as attorney speech regulations, closure of trials, courthouse picketing, and protective orders related to the discovery process.