Personal freedom through human rights law? : autonomy, identity and integrity under the European Convention on Human Rights / by Jill Marshall.

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Marshall, Jill, 1966-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: International studies in human rights ; v. 98.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 233 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047412083
9047412087
9789004170599
9004170596
1282399985
9781282399983
9786612399985
6612399988

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Personal freedom through human rights law?DDC classification:

341.4/8 22

LOC classification:

K3240 .M369 2009eb

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Contents:

Personal freedom and human rights law --The European Convention on Human Rights and personhood -- From privacy to personal autonomy -- The ECtHR's development of respect for private life into a real right to personal autonomy -- Personal identity definitions -- Sexual identity -- Identity and access to information important to one's identity -- Religious identity -- Bodily and moral integrity rights.

Summary: Analysing the European Court of Human Rights' jurisprudence and philosophical debates on personal autonomy, identity and integrity, this book offers a critical analysis of the possibility of different versions of personal freedom emerging in the case law which may restrict rather than enhance personal freedom.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.

Analysing the European Court of Human Rights' jurisprudence and philosophical debates on personal autonomy, identity and integrity, this book offers a critical analysis of the possibility of different versions of personal freedom emerging in the case law which may restrict rather than enhance personal freedom.