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human right/discriminatio2/7/2012
  Q: are my human rights being breached by insurance companies? i have cancer. i can no longer travel out ...
  A: Lesley Sorry, but I would say no - it's a proportionate response by two different kinds of ...
handicapped parking1/17/2011
  Q: My employer recently moved into a new building and did not mark enough handicapped spots for the ...
  A: Teri Sorry, but there is no criminal element to this question. I'm sure there may well be some sort ...
noise after 10 Pm to 7 Am8/12/2009
  Q: Hey Bruce Fyfe on the date of August 8, 2009 a Spanish Fork Police officer want to are door and ...
  A: Jeffrey 1 Please note section title - this is not a Scottish law issue. 2 I would think that any ...
Human right act8/9/2007
  Q: which rights were affected by the Human right act?
  A: PART I THE CONVENTION RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ARTICLE 2 RIGHT TO LIFE 1. Everyone's right to life ...
human rights act [1998] sch.1 pt.1 art.8 and the police and criminal evidence act 1984 s.557/22/2006
  Q: I’m a law student in the interdisciplinary center Herzliya, Israel. In those days I conduct a ...
  A: Ori PACE is a piece of English legislation. My field is Scots law and, as a different country, we ...
French rights12/17/2005
  Q: I'm currently doing a presentation in French about the recent ban on headscarves in all French ...
  A: Daniel My subject is human rights in the Scottish criminal justice system. However, ARTICLE 9 ...
rights12/25/2004
  Q: here's the situation. Husband and wife, 5 children over the age of 20. Husband is in his death bed ...
  A: Angela You'd have to presume that the wife was the next of kin and therefore entitled to possession ...
Freedom of Speech12/8/2004
  Q: What do you think about the freedom of speeh law? Do you think no matter what that everyones free ...
  A: Lameika An English Bill - however, I think it merely strengthens existing legislation (see Schedule ...
personal liberty8/9/2004
  Q: according to the new Human rights act 1998, how it is possible to attack a law that is infringing ...
  A: Currently, the UK has opted out of Article 5, the relevant Article. Article 5: Right to Liberty ...
American detained in Turkey6/30/2001
  Q: My minister was detained in Turkey for his religious beliefs, he is an American citizen, what can I ...
  A: Sorry, this is outwith my area (human rights in the Scottish criminal justice system). Contact ...
Human Rights Act 19986/20/2001
  Q: Whether we can use the Human Rights Act 1998 to argue that an unmarried father be joined in the ...
  A: Andrew I presume you mean whether the natural father has the right to have his views taken into ...
how is the right to privacy...4/27/2001
  Q: how is the right to privacy guranteed under the human right act 1998
  A: Veronica Nothing is guaranteed, I'm afraid, especially where human rights are concerned. There is ...

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Can answer questions relating to criminal issues in the UK affected by the Human Rights Act 1998 (which enacted the rights under the European Convention of Human Rights).

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Human rights project.

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Master of Arts (Hons)

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