Masterman, Roger.

The separation of powers in the contemporary constitution : judicial competence and independence in the United Kingdom / Roger Masterman. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011. - xix, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A doctrine of uncertain scope and application -- The Human Rights Act 1998 and the separation of powers -- The Strasbourg influence -- Justiciability -- Deference and proportionality -- Statutory interpretation and declarations of incompatibility -- Developing the common law and the meaning of 'the convention rights' -- The independence of the judiciary -- Towards constitutional separation -- Descriptive or substantive principles of separation?


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Judicial power--Great Britain.
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