The word necromancy is adapted from Late Latin necromantia, itself borrowed from post-Classical Greek Î½ÎµÎºÏÎ¿Î¼Î±Î½ÏÎµÎ¯Î± (nekromanteÃ­a), a compound of Ancient Greek Î½ÎµÎºÏÏÏ (nekrÃ³s), dead body, and Î¼Î±Î½ÏÎµÎ¯Î± (manteÃ­a), divination by means of; this compound form was first used by Origen of Alexandria in the 3rd century AD.
The European Convention on Human Rights. The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is a treaty signed in 1950 by the then members of the Council of Europe. In this way, it predates the Euopean Communities and Union and arises from a quite different organisation.
United Kingdom citizens have a negative right to freedom of expression under the common law. In 1998, the United Kingdom incorporated the European Convention, and the guarantee of freedom of expression it contains in Article 10, into its domestic law under the Human Rights Act.