This year a much anticipated Human Rights Act is to become law. This work examines the effect which such a piece of legislation will have on various aspects of the law. The essays, by well respected academics and lawyers, examine the Bill's potential influence on company and commercial law,freedom of speech, and criminal law. There is also an introductory section written by the Lord Chancellor, the person responsible for presenting the Bill to the Lords.This is the third volume in the series of books based on the annual Clifford Chance Conferences which are organized by Professor Basil Markesinis under the auspices of the Centre for the Advanced Study of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford. Like the first two volumes, thiswork draws together lectures by some of the world's most distinguished academics, lawyers and judges.