Democracy and the Human Rights ACT: Republican Analysis of Citizen Power

ISBN-13: 9780367196608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 238 str.

Dennis Dixon

Opis

This book discusses the extent to which the UK Human Rights Act successfully balances protection of rights and democracy. It explores the claim that the Act achieved a reconciliation between the protection of rights and democracy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Theoretical framework 4. The nature of democracy 5. Constitutional review – a rights-protection pact 6. The classic constitution 7. Human Rights Act and democracy 8. Reasons for compliance: constitutional conventions, atrophication and internationalisation 9. Legitimate breach 10. Conclusions