The 'Incorporation' of the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom Law

Dominic McGoldrick is Professor of Public International Law and Director of the International and European Law Unit, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool. He is the author of books on the Human Rights Committee (OUP) and International Relations Law of the European Union (Longmans). Among Professor McGoldrick's recent works are "The Permanent International Criminal Court: An End to the Culture of Impunity?" (Criminal Law Review, 1999), "Hate Speech Laws: Consistency with National and International Human Rights Law" (Legal Studies, 1998), "The European Union After Amsterdam: An Organisation with General Human Rights Competence?" (in Legal Issues of the Amsterdam Treaty, 1999) and "From Yugoslavia to Bosnia: Accommodating National Identity in National and International Law" (International Journal on Minority and Group Rights ( 1999). He is a specialist in Human Rights Law. In 1999-2000 he will be a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and a Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Law School.