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The separation of powers in the contemporary constitution : Judicial competence and independence in the United Kingdom

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011Description: 276p xiiiISBN:
  • 9780521493376
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.044 MAS
Contents:
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.
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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.