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A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Bills of Rights

Philip Alston

I NATIONAL LEVEL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT A BILL OF RIGHTS

How Far Can the Common Law Go Towards Protecting Human Rights?

John Doyle

Belinda Wells

Basic Laws as a Surrogate Bill of Rights: The Case of Israel

David Kretzmer

II THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS IN THE ABSENCE OF A BILL OF RIGHTS

The European Convention on Human Rights in the British Courts: Problems Associated with the Incorporation of International Human Rights

Andrew Clapham

Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: A Duty Neglected?

David Kinley

III COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH BILLS OF RIGHTS

The Kenyan Bill of Rights: Theory and Practice

Yash Ghai

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Feminist Perspective

Mary Eberts

The New Zealand Bill of Rights Experience

Philip A. Joseph

And Some Have Bills of Rights Thrust Upon Them: The Experience of Hong Kong's Bill of Rights

Andrew Byrnes

A Post-Calvinist Catechism or a Post-Communist Manifesto? Intersecting Narratives in the South African Bill of Rights Debate

Martin Chanock

IV THE JUDICIARY AND BILLS OF RIGHTS

The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: A Canadian Perspective

Robert Sharpe

The Impact of a Bill of Rights on the Role of the Judiciary: An Australian Perspective

Sir Gerard Brennan

Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective

Mac Darrow

Philip Alston

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