Delivering Rights: How the Human Rights Act Is Working (The Justice Series: Putting Rights into Practice)

Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Half Title verso......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 11
Introduction......Page 15
INTRODUCTION......Page 19
EXPRESS PROVISIONS......Page 21
PRESUMPTION AGAINST EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION......Page 22
WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE UNLAWFUL ACTS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES......Page 23
BANKOVIC INTRODUCED......Page 26
BANKOVIC ’S PREDECESSORS......Page 27
CAUSATION AND RESPONSIBILITY – EXTRADITION OR EXPULSION TO FACE ILL-TREATMENT ABROAD......Page 32
BANKOVIC REVISITED......Page 36
BRINGING BANKOVIC HOME......Page 40
HOME AND AWAY: MUTUALITY AND THE RULE OF LAW......Page 44
CONCLUSION......Page 49
2.  Interpretations and Incompatibility:Striking the Balance......Page 51
“ORDINARY” CONSTRUCTION OR SECTION 3:THE PROPER STARTING POINT......Page 53
“COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONVENTION”:STRIKING THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE......Page 54
“SO FAR AS IT IS POSSIBLE”: THE LIMITS OF SECTION 3......Page 56
THE ASSERTIVE APPROACH TO SECTION 3:R v. A (No 2)......Page 59
THE RETREAT FROM R v. A (No 2)......Page 60
TECHNIQUES OF INTERPRETATION USING SECTION 3......Page 62
SECTION 4: THE LAST RESORT......Page 66
CONCLUSION......Page 68
3.  Fair Trial Rights, Due Deference and the Wider Impact of the Human Rights Act in Administrative Law......Page 69
FAIR TRIAL RIGHTS AND DUE DEFERENCE......Page 70
PRIMARY JUDGMENT OR DEFERENTIAL REVIEW:DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC LAW......Page 80
INTRODUCTION......Page 91
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN STANDARD AND FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES......Page 94
THE COURTS’ APPROACH TO “FUNCTIONAL”PUBLIC AUTHORITIES......Page 97
COMPARATIVE MATERIALS......Page 113
CRITIQUE......Page 120
INTRODUCTION......Page 129
THE “VICTIM” TEST......Page 130
DISAPPEARING CLAIMANTS......Page 140
STATUTORY BODIES......Page 142
ROLE OF INTERVENORS......Page 143
COSTS......Page 147
BALANCING INTERVENORS......Page 152
LEGAL ASSISTANCE......Page 156
CONCLUSION......Page 160
INTRODUCTION......Page 161
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION......Page 164
THE RETROSPECTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT......Page 168
THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE DECLARATION OF INCOMPATIBILITY PROCEDURE......Page 170
DECLARATIONS OF INCOMPATIBILITY AND BREACHES OF POSITIVE RIGHTS......Page 171
THE INADEQUACIES OF THE DECLARATION OF INCOMPATIBILITY PROCEDURE......Page 173
THE WIDE DISCRETION THE GOVERNMENT HAS WHEN TAKING REMEDIAL ACTION......Page 174
THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION......Page 175
THE OMISSION OF THE CONVENTION RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY......Page 177
THE RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY UNDER ARTICLE 13......Page 178
ARTICLE 13 AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT CASES......Page 181
THE DISCRETIONARY NATURE OF RELIEF UNDER THE ACT......Page 184
DISCRETIONARY REMEDIES AND THE OMISSION OF ARTICLE 13......Page 186
THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE DAMAGES PROVISION......Page 187
CONCLUSION......Page 191
INTRODUCTION......Page 193
THE RIGHT TO REPARATION......Page 196
THE EFFECTIVENESS PRINCIPLE......Page 204
OTHER DAMAGES ISSUES......Page 208
TEMPORAL LIMITATION......Page 211
CONCLUSION......Page 219