Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world /
'Delegating Rights Protection' provides a socially and political grounded analysis of the deliberate political genesis of bills of rights in advanced democratic settings. The book particularly concentrates on exploring bill of rights outcomes in four Westminster democracies: Australia, Can...
| Main Author: | Erdos, David Oliver, 1978- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Call Number: | K3240 .E73 2010 |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.53429 / 9780199557769 (hardback : acidfree paper) |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The origins of bills of rights : concepts and comparative development
- Theorizing the origins of bills of rights
- Canada and the Canadian Bill of Rights Act (1960)
- Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
- New Zealand and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990)
- The United Kingdom and the Human Rights Act (1998)
- Australia and the failure of national bill of rights genesis
- Postmaterialist forces and political triggers
- Rights protected in government sponsored bills of rights enacted or proposed in Westminister democracies
- Bill of rights institutionalization : constructing the scores
- National bill of rights institutionalization in select democracies : variable and sub-variable scores.