Sceptical Essays on Human Rights

Sceptical Essays on Human Rights

Sceptical Essays on Human Rights

Sceptical Essays on Human Rights

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Overview

This collection, written by an array of international scholars, raises serious and profound concerns about the entrenchment of human rights generally and into UK law in particular. This is the only book on the market to take a skeptical approach to recent developments in human rights law. Written throughout in an engaging and accessible style, this book is essential reading for all those with an interest in law or politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199246694
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/14/2002
Pages: 466
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Edited by Tom Campbell, Professor of Law, Australian National University, Keith Ewing, Professor of Public Law, King's College London, and Adam Tomkins, Lecturer in Law, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

1: Adam Tomkins, St Catherine's College, Oxford: Introduction
1: Scepticism and Human Rights
2: Richard Bellamy, University of Reading: Political Citizenship versus Fundamental Rights
3: Martin Loughlin, London School of Economics: Rights, Democracy, and the Nature of the Legal Order
4: Keith Ewing, King's College London: The Unbalanced Constitution
5: Neil Walker, European University Institute: Human Rights in a Postnational Order: Reconciling Political and Constitutional Pluralism
6: Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Monash University: Rights, Sovereignty, and 'the People'
7: Tom Campbell, Australian National University: Incorporation through Interpretation
2: The Impact and Implications of the Human Rights Act
8: Chris Himsworth, University of Edinburgh: Rights Versus Devolution
9: Colin Harvey, University of Leeds: Human Rights in Northern Ireland
10: Richard Rawlings, London School of Economics: Taking Wales Seriously
11: Sandra Fredman, Exeter College, Oxford: Scepticism under Scrutiny: Labour Law and Human Rights
12: Aileen McColgan, King's College London: Discrimination Law and the Human Rights Act
13: Conor Gearty, King's College London: Tort Law and the Human Rights Act
14: Alan Norrie, King's College London: Criminal Justice, Legal Rights, Judicial Interpretation: On Being Sceptical about the Human Rights Act
15: Maleiha Malik , King's College London: Minority Protection and Human Rights
3: The Experience of Elsewhere: Reasons to be Sceptical
16: Judy Fudge, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University: The Canadian Charter of Rights: Recognition, Redistribution, and the Imperialism of the Courts
17: Saras Jagwanth, University of Cape Town: The South African Experience
18: Wojciech Sadurski, European University Institute: Postcommunist Central Europe
19: Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University: Scepticism about Judicial Review: A Perspective from the United States
20: Jim Allan, University of Otago: The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act: Lessons for the UK?
21: Adrienne Stone, Australian National University: The Australian Free Speech Experiment and Scepticism about the Human Rights Act
Index
1. Introduction, Adam Tomkins, St Catherine's College, Oxford
1: Scepticism and Human Rights
2. Political Citizenship versus Fundamental Rights, Richard Bellamy, University of Reading
3. Rights, Democracy, and the Nature of the Legal Order, Martin Loughlin, London School of Economics
4. The Unbalanced Constitution, Keith Ewing, King's College London
5. Human Rights in a Postnational Order: Reconciling Political and Constitutional Pluralism, Neil Walker, European University Institute
6. Rights, Sovereignty, and 'the People', Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Monash University
7. Incorporation through Interpretation, Tom Campbell, Australian National University
2: The Impact and Implications of the Human Rights Act
8. Rights Versus Devolution, Chris Himsworth, University of Edinburgh
9. Human Rights in Northern Ireland, Colin Harvey, University of Leeds
10. Taking Wales Seriously, Richard Rawlings, London School of Economics
11. Scepticism under Scrutiny: Labour Law and Human Rights, Sandra Fredman, Exeter College, Oxford
12. Discrimination Law and the Human Rights Act, Aileen McColgan, King's College London
13. Tort Law and the Human Rights Act, Conor Gearty, King's College London
14. Criminal Justice, Legal Rights, Judicial Interpretation: On Being Sceptical about the Human Rights Act, Alan Norrie, King's College London
15. Minority Protection and Human Rights, Maleiha Malik , King's College London
3: The Experience of Elsewhere: Reasons to be Sceptical
16. The Canadian Charter of Rights: Recognition, Redistribution, and the Imperialism of the Courts, Judy Fudge, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
17. The South African Experience, Saras Jagwanth, University of Cape Town
18. Postcommunist Central Europe, Wojciech Sadurski, European University Institute
19. Scepticism about Judicial Review: A Perspective from the United States, Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University
20. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act: Lessons for the UK?, Jim Allan, University of Otago
21. The Australian Free Speech Experiment and Scepticism about the Human Rights Act, Adrienne Stone, Australian National University
Index
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