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The United Kingdom's Statutory Bill of Rights: Constitutional and Comparative Perspectives

Roger Masterman and Ian Leigh

Print publication date: 2013

Print ISBN-13: 9780197265376

Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2014

DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197265376.001.0001

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The United Kingdom’s Human Rights Project in Constitutional and Comparative Perspective

The United Kingdom’s Human Rights Project in Constitutional and Comparative Perspective

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(p.1) 1 The United Kingdom’s Human Rights Project in Constitutional and Comparative Perspective
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The United Kingdom's Statutory Bill of Rights
Author(s):

Roger Masterman

Ian Leigh

Publisher:
British Academy
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197265376.003.0001

This chapter briefly traces the history of the Human Rights Act, contextualising the academic and popular debates which have seen the long-term future of the Act placed in doubt. It introduces some of the core constitutional questions addressed in this volume, detailing the individual essaying and highlighting common themes.

Keywords:   Human Rights Act, Bill of Rights, Commission, constitution, constitutional reform

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