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Promoting human rights through bills of rights : Comparative perspectives - Oxford Oxford University Press 1999 - 569p xi

Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
1. Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective, Philip Alston
I. National Level Protection of Human Rights without a Bill of Rights
2. How Far Can the Common Law Go Towards Protecting Human Rights, John Doyle & Belinda Wells
II. The Role of International Norms in the Absence of a Bill of Rights
3. The European Convention on Human Rights in the British Courts: Problems Associated with the Incorporation of International Human Rights, Andrew Clapham
4. Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: A Duty Neglected?, David Kinley
III. Comparative Experiences with Bills of Rights
5. The Kenyan Bill of Rights, Yash Ghai
6. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Feminist Perspective, Mary Eberts
7. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Experience, Philip A. Joseph
8. And Some Have Bills of Rights Thrust Upon Them: Hong Kong's Bill of Rights, Andrew Byrnes
9. A Post-Calvinist Catechism or a Post-Communist Manifesto? Intersecting Narratives in the South African Bill of Rights Debate, Martin Chanock
10. Basic Laws as a Surrogate Bill of Rights: The Case of Israel, David Kretzmer
IV. The Judiciary and Bills of Rights
11. The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: A Canadian Perspective, Robert Sharpe
12. The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: An Australian Perspective, Sir Gerard Brennan
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Index



Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Human Rights 2. Civil Rights 3. Comparative Perspective

Dewey Class. No.: 341.481 ALS / ALS