Promoting Human Rights through Bills of Rights Comparative Perspectives [Hardcover]

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.

Notes on Contributors
1. Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective,Philip Alston
I. National Level Protection of Human Rights without a Bill of Rights
2. How Far Can the Common Law Go Towards Protecting Human Rights,John Doyle & Belinda Wells
II. The Role of International Norms in the Absence of a Bill of Rights
3. The European Convention on Human Rights in the British Courts: Problems Associated with the Incorporation of International Human Rights,Andrew Clapham
4. Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: A Duty Neglected?,David Kinley
III. Comparative Experiences with Bills of Rights
5. The Kenyan Bill of Rights,Yash Ghai
6. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Feminist Perspective,Mary Eberts
7. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Experience,Philip A. Joseph
8. And Some Have Bills of Rights Thrust Upon Them: Hong Konlc%