This book demonstrates the scope that already exists for using international human rights law in English courts.

Employment Law and the Human Rights Act 1998 is the first book available to highlight the impact that the new Human Rights Act will have on all areas of employment law and practice. It examines the compatibility of current UK employment law with the European Convention on Human Rights, applying particular Articles to common employment issues including: discrimination and harassment trade unions terms and conditions of employment discipline at work and bullying unfair dismissal proceedings before the employment tribunals and courts confidentiality and protection of personal data Guidance is given on all areas including the potential impact on: Individual employment law, assessed against the rights to private and family life, free expression, religion, the right to a fair trial, the right not to be subjected to forced labour and the right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment. Collective employment law, where the law relating to trade unions and industrial action is examined, in the light of Article 11 (Freedom of Assembly). Discrimination law, taking into account the requirements of Article 14 (Prohibition of Discrimination) and previous decisions of the Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice. Written by a team of employment law specialists and including analysis of the potential scope and use of arguments, Employment Law and the Human Rights Act 1998 is a value for money resource for all employment lawyers and barristers, HR professionals and trade unions and their advisers.

The Human Rights Act 1998 and the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights should have a significant impact in the constitutional balance between the citizen and the state. The Act ensures that the rights in the Convention are binding on all public bodies or those that exercise public functions.

The book consists of a thorough introduction and 12 essays specially written for a joint conference of British and German scholars held at the University of Warwick (U.K.) in 2000. The papers draw on the German and British experience of human rights in the development of law. From an English perspective the conference and the collection of essays coincide with the coming into force of the Human Rights Act in October 2000, a defining moment in English legal history. The German contributions address the question of human rights in a broader European context as well as on the background of half a century's experience with human rights in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany and the jurisdiction of the Federal Constitutional Court which had a significant impact on various fields of law.

The TRIPS Agreement- Drafting History and Analysis (3rd Ed) 'Useful for IP practitioners and academics, this work which is split into three parts discusses and analyses the TRIPS Agreement. Part 1 describes the development of the TRIPS Agreement, Part 2 is a commentary on the Articles of the Agreement and Part 3 consists of reports on relevant dispute settlement cases'.

This collection of papers, the product of two seminars, analyses the European Convention on Human Rights on public and criminal law and its future.