This set of essays examines the role of human rights law in combating racism. Topics covered include the right to equality in the context of racism; multi-culturalism, ethnicity, and group rights; international instruments to address racism, including EU directives; and the problem of race hatred on the Internet.

This important new book explores the issues underlying current and longstanding concerns over the 'creeping competences' of the European Union. A fundamental question since the early origins of the European Union in the functionally limited economic, coal and steel and atomic energies communities of the 1950s has been the legitimate scope and limits of its powers of action, and the relationship between these powers and those of its component Member States. This issue, which centers on the legitimacy of different levels and fora of government within a complex and growing economic and political...

How can we guarantee a right to life or a right to health without also guaranteeing a decent environment in which to exercise these rights? It is becoming increasingly obvious that a high quality environment is key to the fundamental human rights of life and health, and associated rights such as the right to clean water, adequate housing, and food.
This book canvasses a range of law and policy issues concerning human rights and the environment. Each chapter examines an aspect of the links between environmental law and human rights in substantive and/or procedural terms, loosely falling...

This book discusses the impact of the difficult situation the European Union is currently experiencing on some structural elements of its legal order, looking for symptoms of decay, exploring examples of resistance, and assessing its overall state of health.