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    Constitutional review under the UK Human Rights Act / Aileen Kavanagh.

    • Title:Constitutional review under the UK Human Rights Act / Aileen Kavanagh.
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    • Author/Creator:Kavanagh, Aileen.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998.
      Human rights--Great Britain.
      Civil rights--Great Britain.
      Constitutional law--Great Britain.
    • Description:xiii, 455 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-443) and index.
    • ISBN:9780521682190 (pbk.)
      0521682193 (pbk.)
      9780521761000 (hbk.)
      052176100X (hbk.)
    • Contents:1. Introduction
      Pt. I. Questions of interpretation
      2. Sections 3 and 4 HRA: the early case law
      3. Section 3(1) after Ghaidan v. Mendoza
      4. Section 3(1) as a strong presumption of statutory interpretation
      5. interplay between sections 3 and 4 HRA
      6. duty of the courts under section 2
      Pt. II. Questions of deference
      7. nature and grounds of judicial deference
      8. Deference in particular contexts
      9. Proportionality and deference under the HRA
      Pt. III. Questions of constitutional legitimacy
      10. nature and status of the HRA
      11. Parliamentary sovereignty and the HRA
      12. Justifying constitutional review
      13. Constitutional review and participatory democracy
      14. Concluding comments and future directions.
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