Human Rights in the Private Sphere

With the impending incorporation of a Bill of Rights into English law, debate is focusing on whether the freedoms and rights which it contains can be extended to encompass not just relations between the state and its citizens, but also relations between private parties. If this were acheived, press intrusions into the lives of individuals, for instance, could be severely curtailed. Drawing on experiences and case law from a number of jurisdictions, this book examines the implications of the European Convention of Human Rights on English law in this regard. It asks whether victims would be protected from non-state actors and attempts to develop a coherent approach to 'human rights in the private sphere'.