The Scottish Government

2004

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
CHAPTER THREE: TRENDS IN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LAW
CHAPTER FOUR: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASES AND JUDICIAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS ARGUMENTS
CHAPTER FIVE: FUTURE MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX: RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA SOURCES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Total criminal cases raising human rights issues
Table 2: Procedures in which criminal devolution minutes raised
Table 3: ECHR articles raised in devolution minutes in criminal cases
Table 4: Areas with 5%+ of all criminal devolution records cases
Table 5: Reported civil and criminal cases by category
Table 6: Reported civil cases by procedure
Table 7: Procedures used in human rights cases found in sample
Table 8: Reported civil cases by ECHR article
Table 9: ECHR articles in sample cases
Table 10: Reported civil cases by subject
Table 11: Sample civil cases by subject

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