Parliaments and human rights : redressing the democratic deficit / edited by Murray Hunt, Hayley J. Hooper and Paul Yowell.

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

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