Parliaments and human rights :

Parliaments and human rights : redressing the democratic deficit / edited by Murray Hunt, Hayley J. Hooper and Paul Yowell. - xv, 520 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Hart studies in comparative public law ; volume 5 . - Hart studies in comparative public law ; v. 5. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-507) and index.

Finding and Filling the Democratic Deficit in Human Rights / Legislative Rights Review : Addressing the Gap Between Ideals and Constraints / Role of Parliaments Following Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights / Democracy, Law, and Human Rights : Politics as Challenge and Opportunity / Joint Committee on Human Rights : A Hybrid Breed of Constitutional Watchdog / Impact of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Legislative Deliberation / Parliament's Role Following Declarations of Incompatibility under the Human Rights Act / Protection of Human Rights in the Legislative Process in Scotland / Devolution of Human Rights and the Northern Ireland Assembly / Human Rights in the National Assembly for Wales / Australia's Parliamentary Scrutiny Act : An Exclusive Parliamentary Model of Rights Protection / Legislative Review for Human Rights Compatibility : A View from Sweden / Guaranteeing International Human Rights Standards in the Netherlands : The Parliamentary Dimension / Work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe / Work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union / Work of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy / Use of Parliamentary Materials by Courts in Proportionality Judgments / Judicial Review and Parliamentary Debate : Enriching the Doctrine of Due Deference / Varied Roles of Courts and Legislatures in Rights Protection / What is a Democratic Culture of Justification? / From Dialogue to Deliberation : Human Rights Adjudication and Prisoners' Rights to Vote / Enhancing Parliaments' Role in the Protection and Realisation of Human Rights / David Kinley -- Janet Hiebert -- Alice Donald and Philip Leach -- David Feldman -- Aileen Kavanagh -- Paul Yowell -- Jeff King -- Bruce Adamson -- Colin Caughey and David Russell -- Ann Sherlock -- George Williams and Lisa Burton -- Thomas Bull and Iain Cameron -- Martin Kuijer -- Andrew Drzemczewski and Julia Lowis -- Ingeborg Schwarz -- George Kunnath and Angela Patrick -- Hayley J. Hooper -- Liora Lazarus and Natasha Simonsen -- Kent Roach -- David Dyzenhaus -- Sandra Fredman -- Murray Hunt.

9781849465618 (hardback) 978-0-9571108-1-6 1849465614 (hardback)

2014504195


Human rights--Political aspects.
Human rights.
Civil rights.
Constitutional law.
Legislative bodies.
Civil rights.
Constitutional law.
Human rights.
Human rights--Political aspects.
Legislative bodies.
Law.

K3240 / .P372 2015

342'.085