Luke McNamara is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia.

• Introduction: Universal Human Rights in a World of Localities. The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Rolling Back an Established Human Right: 'Reforming' the Rule Against Double Jeopardy. Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Protection: Equality and the Recognition of Same Sex Relationships. Balancing 'Competing' Human Rights: Drawing the Free Speech/Hate Speech Line. Conclusions: Does Legal Form Matter?

"as a descriptive account of the provesses and outcomes of claims and discourse surrounding the three cases in the four chosen jurisdictions, this book is of great interest." -Don Crewe, Int J Semiot Law, August 2008

Luke McNamara is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia.

• Introduction: Universal Human Rights in a World of Localities. The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Rolling Back an Established Human Right: 'Reforming' the Rule Against Double Jeopardy. Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Protection: Equality and the Recognition of Same Sex Relationships. Balancing 'Competing' Human Rights: Drawing the Free Speech/Hate Speech Line. Conclusions: Does Legal Form Matter?

"as a descriptive account of the provesses and outcomes of claims and discourse surrounding the three cases in the four chosen jurisdictions, this book is of great interest." -Don Crewe, Int J Semiot Law, August 2008

Luke McNamara is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia.

• Introduction: Universal Human Rights in a World of Localities. The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Rolling Back an Established Human Right: 'Reforming' the Rule Against Double Jeopardy. Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Protection: Equality and the Recognition of Same Sex Relationships. Balancing 'Competing' Human Rights: Drawing the Free Speech/Hate Speech Line. Conclusions: Does Legal Form Matter?

"as a descriptive account of the provesses and outcomes of claims and discourse surrounding the three cases in the four chosen jurisdictions, this book is of great interest." -Don Crewe, Int J Semiot Law, August 2008