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Masterman Roger

The separation of powers in the contemporary constitution : Judicial competence and independence in the United Kingdom - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011 - 276p xiii

Front matter;
Contents;
Acknowledgements;
Table of cases;
Introduction;
PART I - Separation of powers, the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights;
1 - A doctrine of uncertain scope and application;
2 - The Human Rights Act 1998 and the separation of powers;
3 - The Strasbourg influence;
PART II - Judicial engagement with the ‘political’ branches;
4 – Justifiability;
5 - Deference and proportionality ;
PART III - The creative powers of courts;
6 - Statutory interpretation and declarations of incompatibility;
7 - Developing the common law and the meaning of ‘the Convention rights’;
PART IV - The separation of the judicial branch;
8 - The independence of the judiciary;
9 - Towards constitutional separation;
Select bibliography;
Index.


ISBN: 9780521493376

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Judicial Power - U K 2. Separation of Power - U K

Dewey Class. No.: 342.044 / MAS