On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe, and Human Rights

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Conor Gearty (Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, London School of Economics)

On Fantasy Island

Britain, Europe, and Human Rights

Conor Gearty (Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, London School of Economics)

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Oxford University Press
22 September 2016

EU & European institutions; Human rights & civil liberties law

In the 2015 UK General Election, the Conservative party pledged to reset the UK's relations with Europe, holding an in-out referendum on membership of the European Union and repealing the Human Rights Act, to be replaced with a UK Bill of Rights. With the decision now taken to leave the EU, the future of the Human Rights Act and the UK's relations to the European Convention on Human Rights remains uncertain.

Conor Gearty, one of the country's leading experts on human rights, here dissects the myths and fantasies that drive English exceptionalism over Europe, and shape the case for repealing the Human Rights Act. He presents a passionate case for keeping the existing legal framework for protecting human rights and our relationship with the European Convention. Analysing the reform agenda from the perspective of British law, history, politics, and culture, he lays bare the misunderstandings of the human rights system that have driven the debate so far.

Structured in three parts, the book first exposes the myths that drive the anti-Human Rights Act argument. Second, Gearty outlines how the Act operates in practice and what its impact really is on the ground. Third, he looks to the future and the kind of Britain we want to live in, and how, for all its modesty, the survival or otherwise of the Human Rights Act will play a pivotal part in that future.

By: Conor Gearty (Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs London School of Economics)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780198787631
ISBN 10: 0198787634
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 22 September 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

IntroductionI. The Fantasies 1: Why the Human Rights Act Matters 2: The Myth of the Marvellous Past 3: The Seductive Power of the Present 4: The Inevitability of Human Rights 5: The Supremacy of the Human Rights Act 6: The Supremacy of the Judges 7: The Supremacy of Strasbourg 8: A Charter for the BadII. The Facts 9: Protecting the Exposed 10: Making a Difference 11: Telling Us Who We areIII. The Future 12: Repeal: How Can We Tell? 13: British Values: Shrinking into Little England Conclusion

Conor Gearty is Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at LSE, having previously worked at Cambridge University and at King's College London. His books include Can Human Rights Survive? (2006) and Liberty and Security (2013) as well as Freedom under Thatcher (1990) and The Struggle for Civil Liberties (2000) (both with Keith Ewing), and Civil Liberties (2007). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Bencher of Middle Temple and has honorary degrees from Sacred Heart University, University College Dublin, Roehampton, and Brunel Universities.

Reviews for On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe, and Human Rights

A lucid, forensic, somewhat irreverent exposition of what for many people is an arcane subject, but one that has done more than most of us realise to shape the society in which we live. * Chris Mullin, The Irish Times * Conor Gearty's forensically brilliant defence of the Human Rights Act routs the fallacies and fantasies of the Naysayers. His argument is for a nation - indeed a world where human decency prevails. Lucid, powerful, and advocacy at its finest. A triumph! * Baroness Helena Kennedy QC * On Fantasy Island is an excellent read and a much-needed contribution to the debate on whether the [Human Rights Act] should be repealed in favour of a proposed British Bill of Rights. * Rachael Ita, Times Higher Education * An excellent read and a much-needed contribution to the debate on whether the HRA should be repealed in favour of a proposed British Bill of Rights. * Rachael Ita, Times Higher Education *