TY - BOOK AU - Masterman,Roger TI - The separation of powers in the contemporary constitution: judicial competence and independence in the United Kingdom SN - 9780521493376 U1 - 342.410 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Judicial power KW - Great Britain KW - Separation of powers N1 - 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? ER -