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Product Description Owing to the incorporation of the ECHR into Irish domestic law, practitioners will increasingly be asked to advise on Human Rights issues. An understanding of the changing hierarchy of Human Rights norms is essential. Human Rights Law seeks to provide this understanding.Human Rights Law is in three parts. Part I provides an overview of the various levels of Human Rights protection. It is particularly concerned with sources of Human Rights Law as they interact in Irish Human Rights Law. There are chapters on human rights as protected by Irish domestic law, theEuropean Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) Law and European Union (EU) Law, as well as an overview of International Human Rights norms.Part II is concerned with substantive Human Rights Law and discusses key Human Rights. A unique feature of this work is that each right is considered from the perspective of Irish, ECHR and EU law. There are chapters on the right to life and bodily integrity, the right to privacy and to found afamily, freedom of expression, due process and equality. Another chapter examines the right to life, freedom of expression, and equality from the North American perspective. A chapter is also devoted to refugee law and practice, a growing area of practice in this jurisdiction.Part III concerns Human Rights in practice and deals with issues such as how a practitioner recognises the human rights dimension in a case. About the Author Ms Brid Moriarty is a barrister and Course Co-ordinator at the Law Society with responsibility for courses in European Law, Human Rights Law and Legal Research. Prior to joining the Law Society she worked as Senior Judicial Research Assistant in the Judges' Library. Previously she taught atPortobello College and the University of Limerick, where she completed an LL.M. in European Law. Dr. Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter earned her Bachelors degree from McGill University, her Juris Doctor law degree from one of the leading Civil Rights Institutions, Howard University School of Law, and herDoctorate degree (Ph.D.) from Concordia University in Political Economy International Law on the issue of equality. Her work experience has been extensive, acting as Chief Advisor and later Administrative Law Judge appointed by the Prime Minister to the Veterans Review and Appeals Tribunal inCanada; Supervising Attorney in Alaska for the Legal Services Corporation in the United States and later Executive Director; National Director for an Environmental Network in Canada; and now Course Co-ordinator for Business Law at the Law Society of Ireland. Noeline Blackwell BCL, AITI is asolicitor practising in Dublin. She is a member of the Law Society's Family Law and Civil Legal Aid Committee and of its European Convention of Human Rights Task Force. She is a former chairperson of the Irish section of Amnesty International. She is a trustee of Front Line, the internationalFoundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and a member of the steering Committee of the Immigrant Council of Ireland. Michael Kealy is a solicitor with an established reputation in defamation, privacy and media law. He advises newspapers, television companies and individuals. He haswritten and lectured extensively on media law and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. He is a member of the Law Society's European Convention on Human Rights Task Force. Grainne Mullan is a practising barrister and part-time lecturer in the Law School, Trinity College Dublin,where she lectures Human Rights on the LL M course. She also lectures Human Rights in the Law Society of Ireland and has written a number of articles in the areas of human rights and criminal procedure. Hugh O' Donoghue is a partner in the Cork based firm of H. V. O' Donoghue, Solicitors. He is aspecialist in international laws as well as being affiliated to OHIM (EU) as a Community Trade Mark Attorney. He lectures on International Human Rights. Hugh is a