Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world / David Erdos.
2010
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Author
Title
Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world / David Erdos.
Published
Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Call Number
K3240 .E73 2010
ISBN
9780199557769 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199557764 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199557764 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Description
[xiv], 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)624411930
Summary
'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 UK.--Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-241) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Note on Book Structure
xi
List of Charts
xii
List of Tables
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xiv
Part I Foundations
1.
Introduction
3
2.
The origins of bills of rights: concepts and comparative development
10
3.
Theorizing the origins of bills of rights
23
Part II Westminster Case Studies
4.
Canada and the Canadian Bill of Rights Act (1960)
47
5.
Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
65
6.
New Zealand and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990)
84
7.
The United Kingdom and the Human Rights Act (1998)
106
8.
Australia and the failure of national bill of rights genesis
126
Part III Conclusions
9.
Postmaterialist forces and political triggers
149
Appendix A. Rights protected in government-sponsored bills of rights enacted or proposed in Westminster democracies
168
Appendix B. Bill of rights institutionalization: constructing the scores
174
Appendix C. National bill of rights institutionalization in select democracies: variable and sub-variable scores
178
Notes
181
Bibliography
220
Index
243