Research Catalog

Title

Towards a constitutional Bill of Rights for the United Kingdom : commentary and documents / Robert Blackburn.

Author

Blackburn, Robert, 1952-

Publication

London ; New York : Pinter, 1999.

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Details

Description

xxxix, 1104 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book, comprising a commentary and extensive collection of documents, is a work of reference for all those concerned with the protection of human rights and civil liberties in the United Kingdom."--BOOK JACKET. "It gives a history of the background and pressures that led to the Human Rights Act 1998, and sets out the arguments and options for the future preparation and enactment of a home-grown constitutional Bill of Rights."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The constitutional reform series

Uniform Title

Constitutional reform series

Subject

• Civil rights > Great Britain
• Civil rights
• Grundrecht
• Kodifikation
• Droits de l'homme > Grande Bretagne
• Droits civils et politiques > Grande-Bretagne
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [1075]-1088) and index.

Contents

The Human Rights Act: The first step towards a constitutional Bill of Rights for the UK -- Pt. I. Commentary: Towards a Constitutional Bill of Rights -- Pt. II. Documents. 1. Civil Rights and Freedoms in the UK. 2. International Bills of Rights. 3. Incorporation of the ECHR in the UK. 4. Comparative Bills of Rights: (Europe, the Commonwealth and America). 5. Proposals for a UK Bill of Rights. 6. Sovereignty, the Judiciary and a Bill of Rights. 7. Political Opinion on a Bill of Rights. 8. Writings and Speeches on a Bill of Rights. 9. Implementation of a UK Bill of Rights.

ISBN

• 1855675293
• 9781855675292

LCCN

97044743

OCLC

• ocm37843824
• 37843824
• SCSB-1137225

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library