Reasoning rights : comparative judicial engagement /

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Imprint:Oxford : Hart Publishing, ©2014.
Description:xl, 391 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10128759
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Other authors / contributors:Lazarus, Liora, editor of compilation.
McCrudden, Christopher, editor of compilation.
Bowles, Nigel, editor of compilation.
ISBN:9781849462525 (hardback)
1849462526 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Author Biographies
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • 1. The Pluralism of Human Rights Adjudication
  • I. Method and Scope
  • II. The Adjudicatory Pluralism of Human Rights
  • III. Conclusion
  • Part 2. Proportionality
  • 2. Constructing the Proportionality Test: An Emerging Global Conversation
  • 3. Necessity and Proportionality: Towards a Balanced Approach
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Two Problems with Strict Necessity
  • III. Toward a Moderate Interpretation of Necessity
  • IV. Conclusion
  • 4. Proportionality Without Balancing: Why Judicial Ad hoc Balancing is Unnecessary and Potentially Detrimental to the Realisation of Individual and Collective Self-determination
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Why Ad hoc Balancing is Potentially Detrimental to the Realisation of Collective and Individual Self-determination
  • III. Why Ad hoc Balancing is Unnecessary: A Comparative Perspective
  • IV. Coming Clean: Proportionality Without Ad hoc Balancing
  • 5. Proportionality in United States Constitutional Law
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The European Proportionality Inquiry
  • III. Necessity and Balancing
  • IV. Tiered Scrutiny and Variable Intensity of Review
  • V. The Historical Origins of Proportionality and Balancing in the US and Germany
  • VI. Conclusion
  • Part 3. National Security and Human Rights
  • 6. 'To the Serious Detriment of the Public': Secret Evidence and Closed Material Procedures
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Importance of Open Justice
  • III. Balancing Open Justice with Other Public Interests
  • IV. Exploring Ways to Balance Open Justice and Broader Public Interests
  • V. Conclusion
  • 7. National Security Law and the Creep of Secrecy: A Transatlantic Tale
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Norwich Pharmacal Jurisdiction in English Law
  • III. The Binyam Mohamed Case
  • IV. Reactions to Binyam Mohamed
  • V. National Security Litigation in the US: The Breadth of Secrecy
  • VI. A Clash of Legal Cultures
  • VII. The Wider Impact of the Norwich Pharmacal Issue
  • VIII. Conclusion
  • 8. Navigating the Shoals of Secrecy: A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Secret Evidence and 'Cleared Counsel' in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Processes Explained
  • III. Applicable Principles
  • IV. Identifying 'Best Practices'
  • V. Common Problems
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 9. The Secret Keepers; Judges, Security Detentions, and Secret Evidence
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Security Detentions, Secrecy and Judicial Review
  • III. Security Detentions in Israel
  • IV. Reasoning Rights: Balancing Security and Liberty in the Shadows of Secrecy
  • V. Realising Rights: The Outcomes of Judicial Review Relating to the Named Individuals
  • VI. Between Reasoning Rights and Realising Rights: Jaber Mamduch Aberah v IDF Commander in the West Bank
  • VII. The Secret Keepers: Behind the Closed Doors of the Judicial Management Model
  • VIII. Judicial Management vs Special Advocates
  • IX. Conclusion
  • Part 4. Religion and Human Rights
  • 10. The Intersection of Religious Autonomy and Religious Symbols: Setting the Stage
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Introducing the Cases
  • III. Framing the Issues
  • IV. The Models Applied and Tested
  • V. The Contributions
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 11. Principles and Compromises: Religious Freedom in a Time of Transition
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Four Approaches to Religious Autonomy at Work Cases
  • III. Conclusion
  • 12. State Interference in the Internal Affairs of Religious Institutions
  • I. Introduction: The Focus of Sphere Sovereignty Defined
  • II. Internal Powers of Religious Institutions
  • III. Concluding Observations
  • 13. The Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia: A Comparative Assessment of Autonomy and Symbols
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia
  • III. Comparative Assessment
  • IV. Conclusion
  • Part 5. Socio-Economic Rights
  • 14. The Emergence and Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Emergence of Socio-Economic Rights
  • III. South Africa and the Culture of Justification
  • IV. India, the United States, and the Promise of Judicial Activism
  • V. The Future of Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 15. The Problematic of Social Rights - Uniformity and Diversity in the Development of Social Rights Review
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Orthodox Distinction between 'Permissible' Civil and Political Rights Review and 'Impermissible' Social Rights Review
  • III. The Unstable Distinction between Civil/Political and Social Rights Review
  • IV. The Questionable Legitimacy of the Orthodox Position
  • V. The 'Social Rights Problematic'
  • VI. The Diverse Forms of Social Rights Review
  • VII. Questioning Uniformity: The Case for Diversity in Social Rights Review
  • VIII. Conclusion
  • 16. A South African Perspective on the Judicial Development of Socio-Economic Rights
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Objections to Socio-Economic Rights
  • III. Setting the Standard for Judicial Review
  • IV. Critical Analysis of the Constitutional Court's Approach to Socio-Economic Rights
  • V. Crafting Appropriate Remedies in Socio-Economic Rights Cases
  • VI. The South African Approach in Comparative Perspective
  • VII. Lessons for Other Jurisdictions
  • 17. Judicial Activism and the Indian Supreme Court: Lessons for Economic and Social Rights Adjudication
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Directive Principles of State Policy, Land Reform and the Judiciary
  • III. Public Interest Litigation: Making Directive Principles of State Policy Justiciable
  • IV. Later Cases: Judicial Activism Curtailed?
  • V. Lessons from the Indian Experience of Economic and Social Rights Adjudication
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 18. American Exceptionalism over Social Rights
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The First Irony: Exceptional Judicial Enforcement of Certain Social Welfare Rights
  • III. The Second Irony: Mixed Results
  • IV. Potential Causes
  • V. Conclusion and Lessons for Other Countries
  • Index