Promoting human rights through bills of rights  comparatives perspectives 
edited by Philip Alston. 
 - Oxford  New York  Clarendon Press  1999. 
 - xiii, 569 p.  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Pt. 1. National level protectionof human rights without a bill of rights. How far can the common law go towars protecting human rights? / John Doyle, Belinda Wells ; Basic laws as a surrogate bill of rights: the case of Israel / David Kretzmer -- Pt. 2. 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 -- Pt. 3. Comparative experiences with bill of 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. (525)-550) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 cathechism or a post-communist manifesto? intersecting narrartives in the South African bill of rights debate / Martin Chanock -- Pt. 4. The judiciary and bill 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198258224 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil rights<br/>Human rights<br/>International and municipal law<br/>Civil rights<br/>International and municipal law
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K 3240 .6  / .P757 1999