Balanced Constitutionalism: Courts and Legislatures in India and the United Kingdom
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1st. ed.
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9780199470587
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352p., Tables; Figs.
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The Human Rights Act (HRA) of the UK, enacted in 1998, provoked particular interest amongst scholars. Unlike systems of parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy, it promised a new, ‘balanced’ model for the protection of rights, which conferred courts with a limited power of review over legislation. Under this new model, rights-based decision-making was expected to be balanced amongst courts and legislatures, rather than lopsided in favour of ...
