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Privacy today is much debated as an individual's right against real or feared intrusions by the state as exemplified by proposed identity cards and surveillance measures in the United Kingdom. In contrast, invasions of privacy by private individuals or bodies tend to arouse less concern. This book fills the gap by looking at the horizontal application of human rights after Douglas v. Hello, Campbell v. MGN, and Caroline von Hannover v. Germany. It provides a conceptual and theoretical framework and also considers specific particularly-sensitive areas of law relating to privacy protection,...

The UK's engagement with the legal protection of human rights at a European level has been, at varying stages, pioneering, sceptical, and antagonistic. The UK government, media, and public opinion have all at times expressed concerns about the growing influence of European human rights law, particularly in the controversial contexts of prisoner voting and deportation of suspected terrorists, as well as in the context of British military action abroad. British politicians and judges have also, however, played important roles in drafting, implementing, and interpreting the European Convention...

While the legal systems of the UK and Germany differ in essential respects, the current process of 'constitutionalization' is well recognized on both sides of the English Channel. 'Constitutionalization' manifests itself in the evolution of a constitution and the influence of existing constitutional principles on the ordinary law. Human rights law provides one of the best examples of this process, and this book provides a comparative UK-German perspective on recent developments. First, the book addresses human rights questions which arise in both jurisdictions in a similar way, such as the...