ABSTRACT
This book was initiated through a conference which took place at the University of Salford in June 2010, to mark ten years of implementation of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998, as the HRA only entered into force in 2000. We are very grateful to the University of Salford, particularly Vice-Chancellor Martin Hall for his generous financial and personal backing. We also extend further gratitude to Professor Alistair Alcock, then Head of Salford University Law School, for supporting and furthering the project from the very outset. This conference was not alone in doing so. The Human Rights Act has been widely discussed within the legal/socio-legal community and has been the focus of many scholarly activities (e.g. as the featured topic of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and the Society of Legal Scholars conferences in 2010, and human rights organizations’ conferences, such as the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) with conferences in 2010 and 2011 1 ). Clearly there is no denying that the HRA has had a significant impact on the UK socio-legal landscape.
