Democracy and the Human Rights Act
Republican Analysis of Citizen Power

Name: Democracy and the Human Rights Act
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9780367196608
Price: 34.96 USD
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Dennis Dixon

ISBN 9780367196608

Published June 17, 2019 by Routledge

238 Pages

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This book discusses the extent to which the UK Human Rights Act successfully balances protection of rights and democracy. It explores the claim that the Act achieved a reconciliation between the protection of rights and democracy.

1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Theoretical framework 4. The nature of democracy 5. Constitutional review – a rights-protection pact 6. The classic constitution 7. Human Rights Act and democracy 8. Reasons for compliance: constitutional conventions, atrophication and internationalisation 9. Legitimate breach 10. Conclusions

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Dennis Dixon is a Legal Adviser to the Law Officers’ Department of the States of Jersey, and tutor at the Institute of Law, Jersey.

Democracy and the Human Rights Act Republican Analysis of Citizen Power