The Human Rights Act and Juridification: Saving Democracy from Law

Politics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Davis, Fergal ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953770193     PISSN: 02633957     EISSN: 14679256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2010.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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