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Trial by Media: The Fair Trial Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the UK Press

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Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish, Pages: 157 - 177

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This chapter examines how the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 6 of the Convention (the right to a fair trial) has been depicted in the UK media. Through an analysis of contemporaneous press coverage of numerous leading cases against the UK for alleged breaches of Article 6,...

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Published in: Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish
ISBN: 9781138645813
Published: London Routledge 2019
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