Constitutional review under the UK Human Rights Act / Aileen Kavanagh.
"Under the Human Rights Act, British courts are for the first time empowered to review primary legislation for compliance with a codified set of fundamental rights. In this book, Aileen Kavanagh argues that the HRA gives judges strong powers of constitutional review, similar to those exercised...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | "Under the Human Rights Act, British courts are for the first time empowered to review primary legislation for compliance with a codified set of fundamental rights. In this book, Aileen Kavanagh argues that the HRA gives judges strong powers of constitutional review, similar to those exercised by the courts under an entrenched Bill of Rights. The aim of the book is to subject the leading case-law under the HRA to critical scrutiny, whilst remaining sensitive to the deeper constitutional, political and theoretical questions which underpin it. "--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 455 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-443) and index. |
| ISBN: | 052176100X 9780521761000 0521682193 9780521682190 |