1. The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR)
The ECHR was created to ensure that all who joined it became accountable for the treatment of their own people, as they were member states (Howells et al. 2011). ... A lack of Human Rights in the UK coupled with its unwritten constitution had previously caused widespread concern, as people felt that the UK would be vulnerable in times of economic crisis (Birchall et al. 2012). ... Interpreting the law in this way means that the UK is able to disregard previous rulings that were biding from higher courts to lower courts if they are inconsistent with The Convention (Birchall et al, 2012). Whe...
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