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Book SynopsisBy providing enforceable remedies for breaches of Convention Rights in domestic courts, and in allowing judges to scrutinise parliamentary legislation on human rights grounds, the United Kingdom''s Human Rights Act 1998 marked a sea-change in the relationships between the individual and the state, and between the courts and the political branches of government, as they had been traditionally understood. Despite the undeniable practical importance of the Human Rights Act, widespread political and popular scepticism over the nature of rights adjudication and the relationship between human rights laws and-for instance-measures designed to combat terrorism and crime, has prevented the Human Rights Act from being seen as an established and essential part of our constitutional structures. This uncertainty has not however prevented the Human Rights Act from exerting significant constitutional influence within the United Kingdom, within the framework provided by the European Convention and Eur
Trade ReviewAs indicated in the introduction, The United Kingdomâs Statutory Bill of Rights: Constitutional and Comparative Perspectives 'make[s] a significant contribution to assessing the lasting impact of the United Kingdomâs human rights project, and towards shaping the nature of the debates yet to come'. * Kasey L. McCall-Smith, Human Rights Law Review *
Table of ContentsPART I-THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT IN CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; PART II-DOMESTIC PROTECTIONS WITHIN A EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK; PART III-A PERMANENT REVOLUTION IN LEGAL REASONING?; PART IV-THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT ON THE INTERNATIONAL PLANE; PART V-AMENDMENT, REPEAL OR A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE UK?
