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Title Human rights in the community : rights as agents for change / edited by Colin Harvey
Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2005

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Description xxix, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Series Human rights law in perspective
Human rights law in perspective.
Contents 1. Creating a Culture of Respect for Human Rights -- 2. Mainstreaming Human Rights -- 3. Partner Rediscovered: Human Rights and Equality in the UK -- 4. Social and Economic Rights as Agents for Change -- 5. Building a Human Rights Culture -- 6. Education: Hard or Soft Lessons in Human Rights? -- 7. Older People -- 8. The Human Rights Act 1998 and Disabled People: A Right to be Human -- 9. The Emperor's New Clothes? The Impact of the Human Rights Act on Mental Health Care -- 10. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity -- 11. Religious discrimination -- 12. Children's Human Rights as a Force for Change
Summary "There has been a considerable focus in the last few years on the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its real and potential impact on judges and lawyers. Much has been written on the implications of the new legislation for a variety of areas of law. With the rising level of case-law the emphasis is now turning to the impact of the legislation on specific areas of social life. In this volume the focus is on the practice of human rights and how they are enforced in reality. There is much discussion in the literature of a 'human rights culture' but how precisely is such a culture to be created, and how do we make sense of human rights? In order to address these questions this volume is in two parts. Part I examines general issues surrounding the full and effective implementation of human rights. Part II explores the implications of human rights standards in particular areas in order to test whether a 'human rights culture' has emerged."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "The British Institute of Human Rights"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998.
Human rights -- Great Britain.
Author Harvey, Colin J.
British Institute of Human Rights.
LC no. 2006386128
ISBN 1841134465 paperback