Litigating rights : perspectives from domestic and international law / edited by Grant Huscroft and Paul Rishworth.

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2002.

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Human rights -- New Zealand.

State action (Civil rights) -- New Zealand.

Human rights.

Civil rights.

Part I. Judicial review and bills of rights: 1. Rights, bills of rights, and the role of courts and legislatures

2. The Bill of Rights : confirmation of extant freedoms or invitation to judicial creation?

3. Rights, paternalism, constitutions and judges

4. Judicial review, human rights and democracy

5. Human rights review and the public-private distinction

Part II. Liberty and equality: 6. Liberty, equality and the new establishment

7. Equality rights in Canada : judicial usurpation or missed opportunities?

8. Concepts of equality in international law

9. Liberty and equality : complementary, not competing, constitutional commitments

Part III. Group and indigenous rights: 10. Group rights and constitutional rights

11. Taking group rights carefully

12. Should Maori group rights be a part of a New Zealand constitution?

13. Constitutionalising Maori

Part IV. Internationalism: 14. The role of international law?

15. The impact of international human rights on domestic law

16. Intention and effect : the legal status of the final views of the Human Rights Committee

17. The UK's Human Rights Act 1998 : an early assessment.

Includes index.

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