Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.


Author: A. W. Brian Simpson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/08/2004
Pages: 1184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.37lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.18w x 2.13d
ISBN: 9780199267897

About the Author

A. W. Brian Simpson is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

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