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Review: Human Rights Act Toolkit by Jenny Watson and Mitchell Woolf, 2003

Masterman, R.

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Masterman, R. (2004). Review: Human Rights Act Toolkit by Jenny Watson and Mitchell Woolf, 2003. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 17(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550410539848

Journal Article Type Book Review
Publication Date 2004
Deposit Date Jul 14, 2011
Journal International Journal of Public Sector Management
Print ISSN 0951-3558
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 4
Item Discussed Human Rights Act Toolkit. by Watson, Jenny; Woolf, Mitchell
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550410539848
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1642862
Publisher URL http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0951-3558&volume=17&issue=4&articleid=1493089&show=abstract
Additional Information Jenny Watson and Mitchell Woolf's Human Rights Act Toolkit is a useful addition to the burgeoning literature surrounding the 1998 Act. Designed for public and voluntary sector staff, it “assumes the reader has no knowledge of the Act” (p. 2) and begins with a consideration of the general principles of human rights and their application to everyday situations. As the authors note, “there is no need to understand the details of the law to be able to use the Human Rights Act as a decision-making framework” (p. 5), and indeed the Government's conception of a human rights culture is arguably more likely to be realised through the widespread application of such principles in everyday decision-making rather than through recourse to the courts.



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