The United Kingdom's Statutory Bill of Rights Constitutional and Comparative Perspectives

by Masterman, Roger; Leigh, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780197265376
• ISBN10: 0197265375
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-19
• Publisher: British Academy

Table of Contents

1. The United Kingdom's Human Rights Project in Constitutional and Comparative Perspective, Roger Masterman and Ian Leigh
Part I-The Human Rights Act in Constitutional Perspective
2. The Human Rights Act, Dialogue and Constitutional Principles, Gavin Phillipson
3. The Continuation of Politics, by other means: Judicial Dialogue under the Human Rights Act 1998, C.R.G. Murray
4. Back to the Future?: Judges, Politicians and the Constitution in the New Scotland, Aidan O'Neill QC
Part II-Domestic Protections within a European Framework
5. Deconstructing the Mirror Principle, Roger Masterman
6. From monologue to dialogue-the relationship between UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights, Merris Amos
Part III-A Permanent Revolution in Legal Reasoning?
7. Human Rights and Judicial Technique, Sir Jack Beatson
8. The Impact of the Human Rights Act on Advocacy, Sir Rabinder Singh
Part IV-The Human Rights Act on the International Plane
9. Human Rights and Legislative Supremacy, Sir Anthony Mason
10. Australian Bills of Rights and the "New Commonwealth Model of Constitutionalism", Simon Evans and Julia Watson
11. Cross fertilisation of constitutional ideas: The Relationship between the Human Rights Act 1998 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Petra Butler
Part V-Amendment, Repeal or a Bill of Rights for the UK?
12. A Bill of Rights for the UK? Lessons from Overseas, Alice Donald
13. Conservative Anti-HRA Rhetoric, the Bill of Rights "Solution" and the role of the Bill of Rights Commission, Helen Fenwick