Acknowledgements |
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Table of cases |
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Introduction |
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The contemporary separation of powers |
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Part I Separation of powers, the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights |
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1 A doctrine of uncertain scope and application |
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9 | (24) |
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Meaning(s) and aim(s) of separation of powers |
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9 | (7) |
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Separation of powers in the United Kingdom constitution |
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16 | (4) |
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The supremacy of Parliament |
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20 | (1) |
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'Theory, as usual, followed upon fact...' |
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21 | (1) |
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A relationship of equal branches? |
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22 | (2) |
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A descriptive, or normative, device? |
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24 | (2) |
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The centrality of judicial independence |
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26 | (5) |
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The contemporary separation of powers |
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31 | (2) |
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2 The Human Rights Act 1998 and the separation of powers |
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33 | (27) |
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33 | (1) |
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Rights as questions of law and/or politics |
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34 | (8) |
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The parliamentary bill of rights model |
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42 | (2) |
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The Human Rights Act in the United Kingdom constitution |
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44 | (2) |
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Integrating rights concerns into the legislative process |
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46 | (2) |
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Interpretations and declarations of incompatibility |
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48 | (2) |
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Separation of powers at the macro-level: an inter-institutional dialogue on rights? |
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50 | (2) |
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Strong form review by stealth? |
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52 | (2) |
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Operating in the shadow of Strasbourg |
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54 | (2) |
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The separation of powers implications of the dialogic model |
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56 | (4) |
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3 The Strasbourg influence |
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60 | (27) |
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60 | (3) |
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The standard of review and requirement of proportionate interference |
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63 | (2) |
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The inadequacy of Wednesbury review |
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65 | (1) |
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Proportionate interference |
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66 | (4) |
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The Strasbourg jurisprudence on separated governmental functions |
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70 | (4) |
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Executive involvement in 'judicial' decisions - sentencing |
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74 | (2) |
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Judicial review of 'administrative' decisions |
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76 | (2) |
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The Strasbourg jurisprudence on separated institutions |
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78 | (1) |
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An independent and impartial tribunal |
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79 | (1) |
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The circumstantial approach to impartiality |
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80 | (2) |
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The strict separation approach to impartiality |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (3) |
Part II Judicial engagement with the 'political' branches |
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89 | (26) |
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The extended range of review |
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89 | (1) |
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The justiciability of the Convention rights |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (3) |
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'High policy' and prerogative powers |
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99 | (1) |
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Deployment of the armed forces |
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100 | (1) |
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Foreign relations and the power to enter into treaties |
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101 | (2) |
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The withering of non-justiciability doctrines |
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103 | (2) |
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Towards legislative review? |
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105 | (8) |
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113 | (2) |
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5 Deference and proportionality |
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115 | (28) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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Deference or a margin of appreciation? |
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117 | (2) |
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Constraining judicial power under a statutory bill of rights |
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119 | (2) |
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Deference under the Human Rights Act |
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121 | (2) |
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'...servility, or perhaps gracious concession'? |
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123 | (2) |
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A fig leaf for non-justiciability? |
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125 | (3) |
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An autonomous or an integrated concept? |
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128 | (1) |
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Proportionality and the intensity of review |
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129 | (3) |
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The structure of proportionality review |
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132 | (3) |
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The integration of proportionality and deference |
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135 | (4) |
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Proportionality, legitimacy and merits review |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
Part III The creative powers of courts |
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143 | (62) |
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6 Statutory interpretation and declarations of incompatibility |
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145 | (36) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (5) |
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Interpretative latitude under the Human Rights Act |
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151 | (3) |
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Interpretative law-making on the Human Rights Act model |
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154 | (2) |
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A power of invalidation through interpretation? |
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156 | (4) |
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Implied terms and additional words |
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160 | (3) |
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Deference to the legislature and the limitations of judicial interpretation |
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163 | (5) |
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Democratic dialogue in practice: parliamentary and executive responses to incompatibility |
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168 | (8) |
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176 | (5) |
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7 Developing the common law and the meaning of 'the Convention rights' |
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181 | (24) |
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181 | (1) |
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The incremental nature of common law development |
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181 | (2) |
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The Human Rights Act and law-making at common law |
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183 | (1) |
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The transformative potential of models of horizontality |
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183 | (3) |
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The modification of breach of confidence |
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186 | (3) |
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Towards directly effective rights to privacy and expression at common law? |
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189 | (2) |
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The meaning and application of 'the Convention rights' |
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191 | (1) |
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'The Convention rights' in domestic law |
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192 | (7) |
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The scope for creative judicial interpretation of 'the Convention rights' |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (3) |
Part IV The separation of the judicial branch |
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205 | (49) |
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8 The independence of the judiciary |
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207 | (38) |
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207 | (1) |
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The institutional independence of the judiciary |
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208 | (1) |
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The distinction between institutional and individual independence |
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208 | (4) |
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The pressure for increased institutional autonomy |
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212 | (2) |
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The office of Lord Chancellor |
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214 | (2) |
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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary |
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216 | (3) |
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Structural independence secured? The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 |
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219 | (2) |
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Independence of the executive |
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221 | (4) |
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Independence of the legislature |
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225 | (2) |
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Independence, legitimacy and the separation of functions |
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227 | (2) |
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The emergence of a separation of powers jurisprudence? |
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229 | (3) |
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Asserting the division between legislator and judge: procedural mess at common law |
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232 | (1) |
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Endorsing the Convention's circumstantial approach |
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232 | (4) |
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Towards a 'strict' separation of functions at common law? |
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236 | (3) |
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The reach of separation by fair process |
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239 | (3) |
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Towards a constitutionally separate judicial branch? |
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242 | (3) |
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9 Towards constitutional separation |
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245 | (9) |
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Descriptive or substantive principles of separation? |
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245 | (9) |
Select bibliography |
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254 | (13) |
Index |
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