The rule of law and protection of rights in the UK:

• Bingham, Tom (2010). The Rule of Law. London: Penguin.

• AW Brian Simpson, Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention (OUP 2001).

• Dicey, A.V. (1915, 8th ed, 1982). Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. London: Liberty Classics 1982.

The European Convention on Human Rights:

• Spielmann, Dean, Tsirli, Marialena and Voyatzis, Panayotis (eds) (2011). The European Convention on Human Rights, a living instrument, Essays in Honour of Christos L. Rozakis. Brussels: Bruylant.

• Letsas, George (2nd ed, 2009). A Theory of Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Oxford: OUP.

• Arai-Takahashi, Yutaka (2002). The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine and the Principle of Proportionality in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR. Antwerpen-London: Intersentia.

• van Dijk, Pieter, Hoof, Godefridus J. H. and Van Hoof, G. J. H (1978, 4th ed, 2006). Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights. Antwerpen-Oxford: Intersentia.