Human Rights in the UK – Companion Materials
This page provides some companion materials to the ‘Human Rights in the UK’ by David Hoffman and John Rowe QC, an introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998 (Pearson, Fourth Edition, 2013).
UPDATES ONLINE
You can find online updates to the fourth edition here, a few times a year. These are intended to help keep the text up to date by highlighting some recent developments.
You can also find some more recent cases discussed by using the ‘human rights’ category to search the blogs on this site.
PODCASTS
These are some short podcasts on different topics as an introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998
Podcasts 1-3: the Idea of Human Rights
Podcast 1: what are rights? podcast 1 what are rights
Podcast 2: balancing rights podcast 2 balancing rights
Podcast 3: the rule of law podcast 3 rule of law
Podcasts 4-9: Introducing the Human Rights Act 1998
Podcast 4: how the Act works podcast 4 how the act works
Podcast 5: the law of the European Court on Human Rights podcast 5 European Court law
Podcast 6: statutory interpretation under the Act podcast 6 statutory interpretation
Podcast 7: the position of public authorities podcast 7 public authories
Podcast 8: horizontal effect podcast 8 horizontal effect
Podcast 9: remedies podcast 9 remedies
Podcast 10: Political Controversy over the Act
With thanks to Asher Dresner for his help recording these.