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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Current Problems in the Protection of Human Rights: Perspectives from Germany and the UK by Edited by Katja S Ziegler Edited by Professor Dr Peter M Huber
While the legal systems of the United Kingdom and Germany differ in essential respects the current process of constitutionalisation is well recognised in both countries. Constitutionalisation the evolution of a constitution and the influence of existing constitutional principles on ordinary law is exemplified by human rights. The aim of this book is to provide a comparative UK-German perspective on recent developments addressing human rights questions which arise in both jurisdictions - liberty and security human dignity the prohibition of torture and the question of how conflicts between human rights are to be resolved. A second theme considers the impact of human rights on different areas of domestic law in particular administrative law criminal law labour law and private law generally. A third theme focuses on the intersection of national supra- and international human rights law in particular after the entry into force of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights. The book reveals how similar problems are being addressed examines differences in impact of human rights on two legal systems and traces parallel debates over human rights as well as sensitivities that arise in multi-layer situations in the UK and Germany.