Human Rights Law
The LSE has a long tradition of specialism in the
field of international human rights law and more
recently the domestic law of human rights in the
United Kingdom. The department has a close
association with LSE's
Centre for the Study of Human Rights of which
Professor Gearty was director for seven years. The
Centre has
pioneered the inter-disciplinary study of human
rights in the United Kingdom. Its strength
derives from its commitment to critical scholarship.
The Centre continues to have a number of law department members in
its core team. Law department members have engaged in many intellectual
pursuits related to human rights, such as the Hamlyn Lectures in 2005 and a
lecture in the Oxford-Amnesty series in 2006. Among
departmental members are those who have trained judges in
human rights and taken cases in the Court of Appeal
and the House of Lords, as well as the European
Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Others are
involved in the promotion of human rights in many
official capacities, involving the United Nations,
The Council of Europe, and the recently established
British Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Professor Chinkin is a
member of the Kosovo Human Rights Advisory Panel
which considers individual complaints relating to
alleged human rights violations committed by the UN
Mission in Kosovo.
Human Rights Law for Undergraduates
Our undergraduate (LLB) courses include:-
LL207
The Law Relating to Civil Liberties in England and Wales
Human Rights Law for Postgraduates
Human Rights specialisations as part of the LLM programme 2010/11 include:-
Advanced Issues of European Union Law (LL4B2)
Approaches to Human Rights (SO424 )
Comparative Constitutional Law (LL4F7)
Human Rights in the Developing World (LL409)
Human Rights Law in the UK (LL4B6)
Human Rights Law: The European Convention on Human Rights (H)(LL468)
Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act (H) (LL469)
Human Rights in the Workplace (H) (LL4H9)
International Criminal Law (LL445)
International Human Rights (LL453)
International Law and the Use of Force (H) (LL4A8)
The International Law of Armed Conflict and the Use of Force (LL452)
International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (LL460)
The International Law of Self-Determination (H) (LL4K4)
Law and the Holocaust (H) (LL4L4)
Law in War (jus in bello) (H) (LL4A9)
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) (LL475)
Theory of Human Rights Law (H) (LL4L6)
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (LL4C2)
Human Rights Law : Monographs
Recent monographs by existing and previous faculty:-
Gearty, C.A and Mantouvalou, V. Debating Social Rights (Hart : 2011)
Gearty, C.A, The Right's Future [online book project]
Gearty, C.A, Essays on Human Rights and Terrorism (Cameron May : 2008)
Downes, D.; Rock P.; Chinkin, C. and Gearty, C.A. Crime, Social Control and Human Rights : Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen (Willan : 2007)
Salomon, M.E, Global Responsibility for Human Rights: World Poverty and the Development of International Law (Oxford University Press : 2007).
Gearty, C.A, Civil Liberties (2007)
Gearty, C.A, Can Human Rights Survive? (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006)
Gearty, C.A, Principles of Human Rights Adjudication. (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004)
Guilhot, N, The Democracy Makers. Human Rights and the Politics of Global Order. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.)
Kuper, J., Military Training and Children in Armed Conflict: Law, Policy and Practice (Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, 2005)
Salomon, M. et al. (eds.) The Peter Townsend Reader (The Policy Press, 2010).
Scott, A., Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy (6th edn, London: LexisNexis, 2010), with Cameron Doley, Alastair Mullis, Harvey Starte, Ian Helme, Caroline Addy, and Jonathan Griffiths.
Webber, G. The Negotiable Constitution: On the Limitation of Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
