ABSTRACT
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
Explain how the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) into UK law
Understand the difference between absolute rights and qualified (or limited) rights
Analyse the proportionality of alleged interferences of Convention rights
Apply the definition of a ‘public authority’ in s 6 HRA 1998.
