Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-fqc5m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-28T15:57:52.715Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

13 - Commercial law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2011

David Hoffman
Affiliation:
18 St John St Chambers, Manchester
Get access

Summary

Perception of the content of human rights law is nowadays inevitably moulded by the Convention and its adjectival law. However, the Convention does not purport to deal exclusively with every issue that might be thought to be a matter of human rights and freedoms. In particular, it is broadly concerned with personal integrity (protection of life, liberty, personal security, privacy and property; freedom of conscience, expression and assembly, etc.) rather than with interaction between persons, which is the essence of commercial law.

Entitlement to Convention rights has been held to extend beyond human beings, in particular, to non-natural, corporate persons, who constitute the principal group of persons who are engaged – and created to be engaged – in commercial activities. Thus, companies are regarded as having human rights. The same is true of state trading organisations which operate on a commercial basis independently of their government.

Type
Chapter
Information
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Kinley, D.Human Rights and CorporationsFarnhamAshgate 2009Google Scholar
Harrison, J.The Human Rights Impact of the World Trade OrganisationOxfordHart 2007Google Scholar
Harding, C.Kohl, U.Salmon, N.Human Rights in the Market PlaceFarnhamAshgate 2008Google Scholar
Bottomley, S.Kinley, D.Commercial Law and Human RightsAldershotDartmouth 2002Google Scholar
Duffy, P.Cranston, R.Making Commercial LawOxfordClarendon 1997Google Scholar
Clayton, R.Tomlinson, H.The Law of Human RightsOxfordClarendon Press 2000Google Scholar
Denning, A.The Due Process of LawOxford University Press 1980CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McKendrick, E.Goode, R.Goode on Commercial LawLondonLexisNexis Butterworths 2009Google Scholar
Ambrose, C. 2000
Ambrose, C.Maxwell, K.Parry, A.London Maritime ArbitrationLondonInforma Law 2009Google Scholar
1962
1980
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice BinghamReasons and Reasons for Reasons: Differences Between a Court Judgment and an Arbitration AwardArbitration International 4 1988Google Scholar
Ulph, J.Allen, T. 2004
2004
2007
Rose, F. D.Marine Insurance: Law and PracticeLondonInforma Law 2004Google Scholar
1925
Rose, F. D.Kennedy, W. R.Kennedy & Rose on the Law of SalvageLondonSweet & Maxwell 2000Google Scholar
Bridge, M. G.Benjamin's Sale of GoodsLondonSweet & Maxwell 2010Google Scholar
2008
Rose, F. D. 2007
2006
2010

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • Commercial law
  • Edited by David Hoffman
  • Book: The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920844.016
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • Commercial law
  • Edited by David Hoffman
  • Book: The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920844.016
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • Commercial law
  • Edited by David Hoffman
  • Book: The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920844.016
Available formats
×