Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights through Legislation - Hardcover

Webber, Grégoire; Yowell, Paul; Ekins, Richard; Köpcke, Maris; Miller, Bradley W.; Urbina, Francisco J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108426573 ISBN 13: 9781108426572

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The important aspects of human wellbeing outlined in human rights instruments and constitutional bills of rights can only be adequately secured as and when they are rendered the object of specific rights and corresponding duties. It is often assumed that the main responsibility for specifying the content of such genuine rights lies with courts. Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights through Legislation argues against this assumption, by showing how legislatures can and should be at the centre of the practice of human rights. This jointly authored book explores how and why legislatures, being strategically placed within a system of positive law, can help realise human rights through modes of protection that courts cannot provide by way of judicial review.

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About the Authors

Grégoire Webber is Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law at Queen's University, Ontario and Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Paul Yowell is the Benn Fellow in Law at Oriel College, University of Oxford.

Richard Ekins is Tutorial Fellow in Law at St John's College, University of Oxford.

Maris Köpcke is Lecturer in Law at the Universitat de Barcelona.

Bradley W. Miller is Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108426573
• ISBN 13: 9781108426572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218