The legal protection of human rights : sceptical essays /

The value and legitimacy of using courts to limit the powers of governments in the domain of human rights is a significant ongoing debate. This book provides a critical review that explores the alternative means for protecting and promoting human rights.

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Introduction / $r Tom Campbell, K.D. Ewing, Adam Tomkins -- $t Parliament, human rights, and counter-terrorism / $r Adam Tomkins -- $t Governing like judges? / $r Janet L. Hiebert -- $t Human rights at the interface of state and sub-state : the case of Scotland / $r Chris Himsworth -- $t Inter-institutional "rights dialogue" under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act / $r Andrew Geddis -- $t Statutory bills of rights : you read words in, you read words out, you take parliament's clear intention and you shake it all about : Doin' the Sankey Hanky Panky / $r James Allan -- $t Constitutionalism, the rule of law, and the Cold War / $r Joan Mahoney -- $t The Cold War, civil liberties, and the House of Lords / $r K.D. Ewing -- $t Lessons from the past? Northern Ireland, terrorism now and then, and the Human Rights Act / $r Aileen McColgan -- $t Constitutional law meets comparative politics : socio-economic rights and political realities / $r Ran Hirschl, Evan Rosevear -- $t Business rights as human rights / $r Danny Nicol -- $t Constitutionalizing labour rights in Europe / $r Judy Fudge -- $t Freedom, security, and justice in the European court of justice : the ambiguous nature of judicial review / $r Sionaidh Douglas-Scott -- $t The political institutions of rights-protection / $r Mark Tushnet -- $t Reclaiming the political protection of rights : a defence of Australian party politics / $r Joo-Cheong Tham -- $t Message from the front line : parliamentarians' perspectives on rights protection / $r Carolyn Evans, Simon Evans -- $t Human rights and the global South / $r Gavin W. Anderson -- $t Judicial constitutional review as a last resort / $r Kaarlo Tuori -- $t Judges without a court : judicial preview in Sweden / $r Thomas Bull -- $t Rights and the citation of foreign law / $r Jeremy Waldron -- $t Amateur operatics : the realization of parliamentary protection of civil liberties / $r Jonathan Morgan -- $t Parliamentary review with a democratic charter of rights / $r Tom Campbell -- $t Beyond the Human Rights Act / $r Conor Gearty.
Hauptverfasser:
Campbell, Tom, Ewing, K. D. (HerausgeberIn), Tomkins, Adam
Weitere Verfasser:
Campbell, Tom (HerausgeberIn), Tomkins, Adam (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
The value and legitimacy of using courts to limit the powers of governments in the domain of human rights is a significant ongoing debate. This book provides a critical review that explores the alternative means for protecting and promoting human rights.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxii, 522 pages)
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-172972-8
Schlagworte:
Human rights > Congresses.
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