The Unity of Law

Rabinder Singh

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781509949472
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781509949434
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Public Law
• Index: Law

Sir Rabinder Singh has been one of the leading lights in the recent development of the common law, most notably in the field of human rights and the law of privacy. Here, for the first time, he reflects on the defining themes of his career as advocate and judge.

Combining his trademark originality of thought and impeccable scholarship, he selects previously published and unpublished writings to track the evolution of his approach to the common law. A substantial introduction gives context to the book, while opening introductions to each piece reflect on their relevance to contemporary legal thought.

The essays explore themes as diverse as judicial review, equality, and privacy and personal autonomy. Insightful, erudite, and thought-provoking, this collection is a must read for all those interested in the law and its role in society.

Index

A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2002) (Belmarsh case), here–here, here–here, here, here, here–here

A v United Kingdom (2009), here–here

ABE (Achieving Best Evidence) interviews, here

abortion rights, statutory protection of privacy, here

Administrative Court:

cases heard in, here, here

Guide (2016), here

judges sitting in, here

administrative decisions:

common law and, here (case law)

duty to give reasons for, here–here (case law)

administrative law, establishment of, here–here (case law)

advertising on vehicles, here (case law)

AK Gopalan v India (1950), here

Al-Mehdawi v Secretary of State for the Home Department (1990), here

Al Rawi v Security Service (2011), here–here

American Bill of Rights (1791), here–here, here, here, here

American citizens with Japanese ancestry, detention of, here–here (case law), here (case law)

American Declaration of Independence:

equality under, here–here

UDHR, compared with, here–here

amicus curiae, counsel appointed to IPT as, here–here (case law)

Antigone:

higher law, reference to, here, here

law, relevance to, here–here

plot of, here–here

‘willingness to listen’, here

‘wonders are many’, here–here

armed services and homosexuals, here–here (case law), here, here

Asquith, Lord Justice, on Court of Appeal, here

B (R) v Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto (1995) (Canada), here

barristers’ advocacy skills, here–here

Bausson v France (1993), here

Belmarsh case (A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2002)), here–here, here–here, here, here, here–here

Big Brother Watch judgment, here–here

Bills of rights, here–here

enforceable by judges, here

German interpretation of, here

HRA interpreted as, here–here (case law)

international, here

South African interpretation of, here–here

statutes, differences between, here–here

US interpretation of, here–here

black people, right to vote measures restricted, here, here (case law)

Blair, Tony, introduction of HRA, here, here

Britain:

development of democracy in, here–here

liberalism in, here–here

British forces in Iraq:

actions of, here (case law), here–here (case law)

ECHR and HRA, applicability of to, here–here

British forces outside United Kingdom, HRA applied to, here–here (case law)

British freedom, development of, here

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Permissions Note
• Contents
• The Author
• Introduction
• THE COMMON LAW
• PUBLIC LAW
• HUMAN RIGHTS
• EQUALITY
• PRIVACY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
• INTERNATIONAL LAW
• Index
• Copyright Page