TY - BOOK AU - Alston,Philip TI - Promoting human rights through bills of rights: comparatives perspectives SN - 0198258224 (acid-free paper) AV - K 3240 .6 .P757 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Clarendon Press KW - Civil rights KW - Local KW - Human rights KW - International and municipal law N1 - 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; Includes bibliographical references (p. (525)-550) and index; 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 ER -