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  • Introduction
    • Preface
    • Chapter 1
  • The Fantasies
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
  • The Facts
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
  • The Future
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
  • Conclusion
    • Chapter 14

Monthly Archives: June 2016

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Preface & Reaction To Brexit

Wednesday, 29th June 2016 Conor Gearty 1 Comment

On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Turnout was high, 72.2% and the result close but decisive: 51.9% for Leave as against 48.1% for Remain.

In this Preface I set out some of the consequences of this decision and how it may affect the Human Rights Act for years to come.

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Fantasy: The Inevitability of Human Rights

Sunday, 19th June 2016 Conor Gearty Leave a comment

The sudden surge of human rights talk since the Second World War takes some understanding but without it we cannot be confident we know why the Human Rights Act took the shape that it did. Read more in Chapter 4.

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Fantasy: The Seductive Power of the Present

Thursday, 9th June 2016 Conor Gearty Leave a comment


The common law is not the great liberal guarantor of freedom that it is cracked up to be. Indeed to the extent that it has improved at all on the dark days of old this is largely due to the positive impact of the Human Rights Act. Read more in Chapter 3.

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