Judges, transition, and human rights / edited by John Morison, Kieran McEvoy, and Gordon Anthony.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morison, John.

McEvoy, Kieran.

Anthony, Gordon, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Judicial power.

Due process of law.

Political violence.

Terrorism.

Human rights--Europe.

Europe.

Human rights--Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland.

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 567 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

'Judges, Transition, and Human Rights' contains essays that focus on the intersection between the role of judges, the language of human rights, & the politics of societies in transition. This book draws upon comparative experiences from around the world.

Contents:

Judges, transition and human rights: essays in memory of Stephen Livingstone / John Morison, Kieran McEvoy, and Gordon Anthony

PART I: JUDGES

Separation of powers in a global context / Martin S. Flaherty

The European Court of Human Rights as a "constitutional court": definitional debates and the dynamics of reform / Robert Harmsen

The scope of the right to a fair trial guarantee in non-criminal cases in the European Convention on Human Rights / David Harris

Deference owed under the separation of powers / Tom Zwart

Judicial policy in a transforming constitution / Hugh Corder

Litigating the agreement: towards a new judicial constitutionalism for the UK from Northern Ireland? / John Morison and Marie Lynch

PART II: TRANSITION

The battle for transitional justice: hegemony, Iraq and international law / Christine Bell, Colm Campbell, and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Human rights and conflict resolution / Tom Hadden

Habits of mind and "truth-telling": Article 2 ECHR in post-conflict Northern Ireland / Gordon Anthony and Paul Mageean

The impact of the Human Rights Act in Northern Ireland / Brice Dickson

Dangerous constitutional moments: the "tactic of legality" in Nazi Germany and the Irish Free State compared / Gerard Quinn

Ireland, the European Convention on Human Rights and the personal contribution of Seán MacBride / William Schabas

Mobilizing the professions: lawyers, politics and the collective legal conscience / Kieran McEvoy and Rachel Rebouche

Consociationalism, equality and minorities in the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights debate: the role of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities / Christopher McCrudden

PART III: HUMAN RIGHTS

The relationship between parliaments and national human rights institutions / Rachel Murray

A view from the coal face: Northern Ireland, human rights activism and the war on terror / Maggie Beirne and Angela Hegarty

Linking human rights and other goals / Kevin Boyle

Corporations, human rights, and social inequality / Sally Wheeler

Constitutionalism, deliberative democracy and human rights / David Feldman

Reshaping constitutionalism / Murray Hunt

Human rights and women's rights: the appeal to an international agenda in the promotion of women's equal citizenship / Elizabeth Meehan

'In the small places': education and human rights culture in conflict-affected societies / Lesley McEvoy and Laura Lundy

Protecting the marginalized / Colin Harvey

Risk and human rights: ending slopping out in a Scottish prison / Thérèse Murphy and Noel Whitty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199204939

0199204934

9780199204946

0199204942

OCLC:

80020198