Lord Sumption and the Limits of the law

In Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law, leading public law scholars reflect on the nature and limits of the judicial role and its implications for human rights protection and democracy. The starting point for this reflection is Lord Sumption's lecture, 'The Limits of the Law', whi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Barber, N. W. (Nicholas William), editor (editor), Ekins, Richard, editor (-), Yowell, Paul, 1969- editor, Sumption, Jonathan
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing Ltd 2016.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Hart studies in constitutional law ; volume 5.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46068259*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword : beyond the limits / Timothy Endicott
  • Introduction / Nick Barber, Richard Ekins and Paul Yowell
  • The limits of law / Lord Sumption
  • Sumption's assumptions / Martin Loughlin
  • Living trees or deadwood : the interpretive challenge of the ECHR / Sandra Fredman
  • Judges, interpretation and self-government / Lord Hoffmann
  • Judicial law-making and the "living" instrumentalisation of the ECHR / John Finnis
  • The role of courts in the joint enterprise of governing / Aileen Kavanagh
  • Three wrong turns in Lord Sumption's conception of law and democracy / Jeff King
  • The human rights act and "coordinate construction" : towards a "parliament square" axis for human rights? / Carol Harlow
  • Limits of law : reflections from private and public law / Paul Craig
  • The limits of Lord Sumption: limited legal constitutionalism and the political form of the ECHR / Richard Bellamy
  • A response / Lord Sumption.