Taking the law into our own hands: the perils of a British Bill of Rights

Honeyball, Mary (2016) Taking the law into our own hands: the perils of a British Bill of Rights [Online resource]

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Although leaving the EU would not automatically mean that Britain left the Council of Europe or the European Court of Human Rights, EU regulations would cease to be binding on the UK. In a recent speech at the LSE, Mary Honeyball set out the risks involved – and the hazards of abandoning European human rights legislation in favour of a British Bill of Rights.