Unlocking Human Rights
By Peter Halstead
December 2009
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780340972915
421 pages, illustrated 
$63.50 paper original
Unlocking Human Rights covers all the substantive provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the operation of the Human Rights Act. Basic aspects and key terms of human rights including their origin and development over the centuries are comprehensively explained through to how human rights regimes operate outside of Europe and United Kingdom. Unlocking Human Rights includes an invaluable section indicating how to tackle essay questions and scenario-based examination and coursework questions. The study of human rights encompasses wider issues compared with many other law subjects and this extra practical material will help students to understand the nature and importance of human rights in the modern world.
Unlocking Human Rights will provide you with the tools you need to engage with and understand Human Rights law. Unlocking the Law is the groundbreaking series of textbooks with a unique approach to the study of undergraduate law. Designed specifically to make the subject matter accessible, the text is broken up with features, activities, key facts charts, diagrams, and numerous headings and sub-headings. Unlocking the Law textbooks have been written specifically to ensure that readers understand fully the concepts required and are able to apply them with confidence. All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units. Unlocking the Law textbooks remain the most original and accesible textbooks available.
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