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• Title:Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world / David Erdos.
  
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• Author/Creator:Erdos, David Oliver, 1978-
  
• Published/Created:Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3240 .E73 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3240 .E73 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Civil rights--Australia.
  Civil rights--Canada.
  Civil rights--Great Britain.
  Civil rights--New Zealand.
  
• Description:x, 255 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
  
• 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.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-241) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199557769 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  
• 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.