Key ideas in the rule of law and the separation of powers. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jack Beatson.
• Authors: Beatson, Jack, 1948-
• Contents: Table of CasesTable of StatutesAbbreviations1. OverviewThe Rule of LawThe Separation of PowersThe Constitutional FrameworkSources of Law2. Formal and Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law3. Dicey's Rule of Law and the 20th Century Critiques4. Accessibility of Law PublicationClarity and IntelligibilityProspectivity, Retrospectivity and RetroactivityReasonable StabilityOpen Justice5. Avoiding ArbitrarinessCertainty and FlexibilityUncertain and Ill-Defined LawsConstraints on DiscretionHenry VIII Clauses6. Access to Justice Access to Courts and TribunalsFair Procedures7. An Independent and Impartial JudiciaryIntroductionLessons from HistoryIndividual IndependenceInstitutional IndependenceAccountabilityExternal and Internal Challenges and Opportunities8. The Separation of Powers and the Balance of ResponsibilitiesThe Separation of PowersConstitutional StatutesThe Balance of Responsibilities9. Enabling Majorities and Protecting Minorities in Our DemocracyThe Right to Vote at Regular ElectionsParliamentary SovereigntyParliament's Historical Acquiescence in Common Law PrinciplesLimitations on the Protection of MinoritiesAttempts to Exclude Access to the Ordinary CourtsJudicial CircumspectionProtection of Minorities under the ECHR and the Common LawBibliography.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 340.11; Rule of law; Separation of powers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509938780; 9781509938803
• Related ISBNs: 9781509938773
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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