Breach of the peace and the European Convention on Human Rights

Pamela R. Ferguson

doi:10.3366/elr.2001.5.2.145

Breach of the peace and the European Convention on Human Rights

Pamela R. Ferguson

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Abstract

The enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 necessitates a reassessment of fundamental common law crimes. This paper describes one of the most commonly prosecuted of crimes, namely “breach of the peace”, and argues that it is not defined with sufficient precision to conform to the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-168
Number of pages	24
Journal	Edinburgh Law Review
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2001.5.2.145
Publication status	Published - May 2001

Keywords

Breach of the peace
European Convention on Human Rights
Criminal law
Scotland

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