Overview

In recent years the international community has continued to adopt a flow of both binding and non-binding human rights instruments. But despite the significant domestic impact of these developments, most of the literature on human rights has focused on international procedures and institutions, to the neglect of domestic legal arrangements. In this timely volume Professor Alston and a team of distinguished contributors examine the consequences of international human rights treaty obligations at national level. The problems addressed include the transformation of international norms into national law; how to prepare appropriate domestic arrangements for giving effect to international norms (with particular emphasis on the role of the bill of rights); an assessment of the impact of international obligations on domestic legal regimes. This carefully edited collection will be of interest to all practitioners, scholars, and students of the law and theory of international human rights.

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Author:   Philip Alston (Professor of International Law, Professor of International Law, European University Institute, Florence)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.987kg
ISBN:  

9780198258223

ISBN 10:   0198258224
Pages:   584
Publication Date:   27 January 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors 1: Philip Alston: Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective I. National Level Protection of Human Rights without a Bill of Rights 2: John Doyle & Belinda Wells: How Far Can the Common Law Go Towards Protecting Human Rights II. The Role of International Norms in the Absence of a Bill of Rights 3: Andrew Clapham: The European Convention on Human Rights in the British Courts: Problems Associated with the Incorporation of International Human Rights 4: David Kinley: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: A Duty Neglected? III. Comparative Experiences with Bills of Rights 5: Yash Ghai: The Kenyan Bill of Rights 6: Mary Eberts: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Feminist Perspective 7: Philip A. Joseph: The New Zealand Bill of Rights Experience 8: Andrew Byrnes: And Some Have Bills of Rights Thrust Upon Them: Hong Kong's Bill of Rights 9: Martin Chanock: A Post-Calvinist Catechism or a Post-Communist Manifesto? Intersecting Narratives in the South African Bill of Rights Debate 10: David Kretzmer: Basic Laws as a Surrogate Bill of Rights: The Case of Israel IV. The Judiciary and Bills of Rights 11: Robert Sharpe: The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: A Canadian Perspective 12: Sir Gerard Brennan: The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: An Australian Perspective Select Bibliography Index

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a thoughtful analysis of a very important issue by a wide range of specialists united by their interest and concern for human rights. Choice February 2001

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