Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world / David Erdos.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Civil rights -- Australia.

Civil rights -- Canada.

Civil rights -- Great Britain.

Civil rights -- New Zealand.

Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Foundation

Introduction

The origins of bills of rights : concepts and comparative development

Theorizing the origins of bills of rights

Westminister case studies

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

Conclusions

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.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199557769

x, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm