Promoting human rights through bills of rights : comparative perspectives /
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. |
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| Description: | 569p. 24cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4180744 |
Table of Contents:
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective
- I. National Level Protection of Human Rights without a Bill of Rights
- 2. How Far Can the Common Law Go Towards Protecting Human Rights
- II. The Role of International Norms in the Absence of a Bill of Rights
- 3. The European Convention on Human Rights in the British Courts: Problems Associated with the Incorporation of International Human Rights
- 4. Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: A Duty Neglected?
- III. Comparative Experiences with Bills of Rights
- 5. The Kenyan Bill of Rights
- 6. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Feminist Perspective
- 7. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Experience
- 8. And Some Have Bills of Rights Thrust Upon Them: Hong Kong's Bill of Rights
- 9. A Post-Calvinist Catechism or a Post-Communist Manifesto? Intersecting Narratives in the South African Bill of Rights Debate
- 10|Basic Laws as a Surrogate Bill of Rights: The Case of Israel.
- IV. The Judiciary and Bills of Rights
- 11. The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: A Canadian Perspective
- 12. The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: An Australian Perspective
- Select Bibliography
- Index