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, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. INDICE: Preface; List of Charts; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations;Part I: Foundations; 1: Introduction; 2: The Origins of Bill of Rights: Concepts and Comparative Development; 3: Theorizing the Origins of Bills of Rights;Part II: Westminster Case Studies; 4: Canada and the Canadian Bill of Rights Act (1960); 5: Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982); 6: New Zealand and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990); 7: United Kingdom and the Human Rights Act (1998); 8: Australia and the Failure of National Bill of Rights Genesis; Part III: Conclusions; 9: Postmaterialist Forces and Political Triggers; Appendix One: Rights Protected in Government-sponsored Bills of Rights Enacted or Proposed in Westminster Democracies; Appendix Two: Bill of Rights Institutionalization: Constructing the Scores; Appendix Three: Bill of Rights Institutionalization in Select Democracies: Variable & Sub-variable Scores; Bibliography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-955776-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés