Parliamentary bills of rights : the experiences of New Zealand and the United Kingdom / Janet L. Hiebert and James B. Kelly.
Publisher's description: Both New Zealand and the United Kingdom challenge assumptions about how a bill of rights functions. Their parliamentary bills of rights constrain judicial review and also look to parliament to play a rights-protecting role. This arises from the requirement to inform par...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in constitutional law ;
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Table of Contents:
- I. THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: Political origins of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act
- The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and MMP
- The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and prisoner disenfranchisement
- The Attorney General, select committees and penal populism
- II. THE UNITED KINGDOM'S HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998: Political origins of the Human Rights Act
- Pre-legislative compatibility assessments under the HRA
- Parliamentary review of national security measures
- Parliamentary review : equality and democratic issues.