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The author considers the controversial issues germane to the offence in English domestic law of incitement to religious hatred, highlighting the legal, political and social issues including freedom of speech. Article by Dr Paul Kearns (Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Manchester) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

The author considers the problems associated with the regulation of human rights in EU law and the desirability or otherwise of a binding EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article by Dr Paul Kearns (Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Manchester) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Blasphemy law was once an integral part of English constitutional and criminal law, such was the law's close affiliation with the precepts of Christianity. The author marks the end of blasphemy law in England by adumbrating the reasons for its decline, and by providing a brief history of the crucial developments within that defunct but once important law, with reference to international as well as domestic case law. He also alludes to the sea change in religious priorities in England and the attempted resolution of possible inter-religious antipathies. Article by Dr Paul Kearns, Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Manchester - published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

The author considers the practical, constitutional and doctrinal implications for freedom of speech in the United Kingdom following the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 on 2 nd October 2000. Article by Dr Paul Kearns (Lecturer in Law, University of Manchester). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.