Section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 : importance, impact and reform
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Constitutional Review under the UK Human Rights Act
1. Introduction Part I. Questions of Interpretation: 2. Sections 3 and 4 HRA: the early case-law 3. Interpretation after Ghaidan v. Mendoza 4. Section 3(1) as a strong presumption of statutory interpretation 5. The interplay between s.3 and s.4 6. The duty of the courts under s.2(1) Part II. Questions of Deference: 7. The nature and grounds of judicial deference 8. Deference in particular contexts 9. Proportionality and deference under the Human Rights Act Part III. Questions of Constitutional Status and Legitimacy: 10. The nature and status of the HRA 11. Parliamentary sovereignty and the HRA 12. Justifying constitutional review 13. Constitutional review and participatory democracy 14. Conclusion.
Book Review: The U.N. Convention on Torture and the prospects for enforcement
Preface. Abbreviations. 1.The Scope of the Torture Convention. 2. The Nature of the Obligations Incurred by States Under Article 2 of the Torture Convention. 3. The Problems of Enforcement of Human Rights. 4. A Commentary on the Enforcement Mechanisms by the States Parties of the Torture Convention. 5. Commentary on the International Machinery for the Supervision of the Implementation of the Torture Convention. 6. General Conclusions. Bibliography. Appendix I.