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The legal protection of human rights : sceptical essays / edited by Tom Campbell, K.D. Ewing, and Adam Tomkins.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xxiii, 522 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199606078 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0199606072 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780199606085 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199606080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K3239.8 .L44 2011
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Contents:
Contents: 1 Introduction; Tom Campbell, K. D. Ewing, and Adam Tomkins; PART I FAILURES OF JURIDIFICATION; 2 Parliament, Human Rights, and Counter-Terrorism; Adam Tomkins; 3 Governing Like Judges?*; Janet L. Hiebert; 4 Human Rights at the Interface of State and Sub-state: The Case of Scotland; Chris Himsworth; 5 Inter-institutional ‘Rights Dialogue’ under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act; Andrew Geddis; 6 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; James Allan; 7 Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, and the Cold War; Joan Mahoney; 8 The Cold War, Civil Liberties, and the House of Lords; K. D. Ewing; 9 Lessons from the Past? Northern Ireland, Terrorism Now and Then, and the Human Rights Act; Aileen McColgan; 10 Constitutional Law Meets Comparative Politics: Socio-economic Rights and Political Realities; Evan Rosevear, and Ran Hirschl; 11 Business Rights as Human Rights; Danny Nicol; 12 Constitutionalizing Labour Rights in Europe; Judy Fudge; 13 Freedom, Security, and Justice in the European Court of Justice: The Ambiguous Nature of Judicial Review; Sionaidh Douglas-Scott; PART II POLITICIZING HUMAN RIGHTS; 14 The Political Institutions of Rights-Protection; Mark Tushnet; 15 Reclaiming the Political Protection of Rights: A Defence of Australian Party Politics; Joo-Cheong Tham; 16 Messages from the Front Line: Parliamentarians’ Perspectives on Rights Protection; Carolyn Evans, and Simon Evans; 17 Human Rights and the Global South; Gavin W. Anderson; 18 Judicial Constitutional Review as a Last Resort; Kaarlo Tuori; 19 Judges without a Court—Judicial Preview in Sweden; Thomas Bull; 20 Rights and the Citation of Foreign Law; Jeremy Waldron; 21 Amateur Operatics: The Realization of Parliamentary Protection of Civil Liberties; Jonathan Morgan; 22 Parliamentary Review with a Democratic Charter of Rights; Tom Campbell; 23 Beyond the Human Rights Act; Conor Gearty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
1 Introduction;
Tom Campbell, K. D. Ewing, and Adam Tomkins;
PART I FAILURES OF JURIDIFICATION;
2 Parliament, Human Rights, and Counter-Terrorism;
Adam Tomkins;
3 Governing Like Judges?*;
Janet L. Hiebert;
4 Human Rights at the Interface of State and Sub-state: The Case of Scotland;
Chris Himsworth;
5 Inter-institutional ‘Rights Dialogue’ under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act;
Andrew Geddis;
6 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;
James Allan;
7 Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, and the Cold War;
Joan Mahoney;
8 The Cold War, Civil Liberties, and the House of Lords;
K. D. Ewing;
9 Lessons from the Past? Northern Ireland, Terrorism Now and Then, and the Human Rights Act;
Aileen McColgan;
10 Constitutional Law Meets Comparative Politics: Socio-economic Rights and Political Realities;
Evan Rosevear, and Ran Hirschl;
11 Business Rights as Human Rights;
Danny Nicol;
12 Constitutionalizing Labour Rights in Europe;
Judy Fudge;
13 Freedom, Security, and Justice in the European Court of Justice: The Ambiguous Nature of Judicial Review;
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott;
PART II POLITICIZING HUMAN RIGHTS;
14 The Political Institutions of Rights-Protection;
Mark Tushnet;
15 Reclaiming the Political Protection of Rights: A Defence of Australian Party Politics;
Joo-Cheong Tham;
16 Messages from the Front Line: Parliamentarians’ Perspectives on Rights Protection;
Carolyn Evans, and Simon Evans;
17 Human Rights and the Global South;
Gavin W. Anderson;
18 Judicial Constitutional Review as a Last Resort;
Kaarlo Tuori;
19 Judges without a Court—Judicial Preview in Sweden;
Thomas Bull;
20 Rights and the Citation of Foreign Law;
Jeremy Waldron;
21 Amateur Operatics: The Realization of Parliamentary Protection of Civil Liberties;
Jonathan Morgan;
22 Parliamentary Review with a Democratic Charter of Rights;
Tom Campbell;
23 Beyond the Human Rights Act;
Conor Gearty.