Reasoning rights
Subtitle: comparative judicial engagement
By: general editors Liora Lazarus, Christopher McCrudden, FBA, Nigel Bowles ; co-ordinating editor, Laura Hilly ; sub editors, Ryan Goss, Kai Möller, Brett Scharffs, Murray Wesson
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781849462525
Subjects: Human rights; Judicial opinions; Proportionality in law; Political questions and judicial power
Description: "This book is about judicial reasoning in human rights cases. The aim is explore the question: how is it that notionally universal norms are reasoned by courts in such significantly different ways?"--Page i.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pluralism of human rights adjudication / Christopher McCrudden; title: Constructing the proportionality test : an emerging global conversation / Kai Möller; title: Necessity and proportionality : towards a balanced approach / David Bilchitz; title: Proportionality without balancing : why judicial ad hoc balancing is unnecessary and potentially detrimental to the realisation of individual and collective self-determination / Jochen von Bernstorff; title: Proportionality in United States constitutional law / Paul Yowell; title: "To the serious detriment of the public" : secret evidence and closed material procedures / Ryan Goss; title: National security law and the creep of secrecy : a transatlantic tale / Tom Hickman and Adam Tomkins; title: Navigating the shoals of secrecy : a comparative analysis of the use of secret evidence and "cleared counsel" in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada / David Cole and Stephen I. Vladeck; title: The secret keepers : judges, security detentions, and secret evidence / Shiri Krebs; title: The intersection of religious autonomy and religious symbols : setting the stage / Christopher McCrudden and Brett G. Scharffs; title: Principles and compromises : religious freedom in a time of transition / Carolyn Evans; title: State interference in the internal affairs of religious institutions / Johan D. Van der Vyver; title: The protection of religious freedom in Australia : a comparative assessment of autonomy and symbols / Paul Babie and James Krumrey-Quinn; title: The emergence and enforcement of socio-economic rights / Murray Wesson; title: The problematic of social rights : uniformity and diversity in the development of social rights review / Colm O'Cinneide; title: A South African perspective on the judicial development of socio-economic rights / Edwin Cameron; title: Judicial activism and the Indian Supreme Court : lessons for economic and social rights adjudication / Anashri Pillay; title: American exceptionalism over social rights / Jeff King.