Now in its third edition, Prison Law is the leading text in its field. It offers comprehensive coverage of the law and the remedies available to prisoners, including complaints procedures, civil claims, judicial review, and claims under the Human Rights Act. Both domestic and international avenues of redress are explained in detail. The book covers all aspects of prison life, from categorization and allocation, to living conditions, access to the outside world, transfer and repatriation, discipline, and the procedures governing the release of fixed term prisoners and those serving life sentences.

Product Description: Civil Liberties Law: The Human Rights Act Era is a major new work which charts the ongoing transformation of the civil liberties tradition in the United Kingdom. It explores the euphoria and the scepticism surrounding the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 and assesses the value of the new commitment to human rights...read more

Product Description: Two leading civil liberties advocates, Stephen Livingstone in Belfast and Ivana Bacik in Dublin, look at the state of human rights in their respective jurisdictions. Professor Livingstone asks whether the work of the equality and human rights commissions and the overhaul of the criminal justice system can help to transform Northern Ireland from Western Europe's human rights "black spot" to a model for other countries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: The law governing the administration of prisons and prisoners' rights is not separate from the mainstream of English law. It consists of a body of rules and regulations drawn from other recognized legal categories including constitutional, civil liberties, and administrative law...read more