The Tasmanian Dams Case, 30 Years On – Unfulfilled Promises
The landmark Australian Tasmanian Dams case celebrated its 30th anniversary in August 2013. This case was a ...
Constitutions and Human Rights
Criminalising Cross-Dressing in Guyana: Quincy McEwan et al vs. Attorney General of Guyana
2013 has been a busy year for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights (LGBT) in the Commonwealth Caribbean. ...
The Human Rights Restoration-Revolution
Much of the work in the now burgeoning subfield of human rights history traces the causes and consequences of the ...
Developing the Customary Law to Give Effect to the Constitutional Commitment to Substantive Equality: Mayelane v Ngwenyama
The South African Constitution expressly provides for the horizontal application of the Bill of Rights, stating ...
The choice before us? The report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights
In an article recently published in Public Law, Prof. Francesca Klug and I set out our analysis of the ill-fated ...
A Human Rights Act for Australia: a transfer of power to the High Court, or a more democratic form of judicial decision-making?
Australia is the only Western country without some form of a national Bill of Rights. In 2008, the National Human ...
Zimbabwe’s New Constitution: The Interplay between Election Reform and Constitutional Reform
The new Constitution of Zimbabwe was signed into law on 22 May 2013. It contains several provisions that are ...
Zimbabwe's New Constitution: The Interplay between Election Reform and Constitutional Reform
The new Constitution of Zimbabwe was signed into law on 22 May 2013. It contains several provisions that are ...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Constitution-Making and Voter Education in Zimbabwe
By Obert Hodzi
Over the past decade, Zimbabwe has been characterised by political turmoil and economic meltdown ...
The Future of Human Rights on These Islands
Now that the idea of a new UK Bill of Rights appears to be buried, choices re-emerge. The predicted outcome of the ...
An Initial Reaction to the Commission on a Bill of Rights Final Report
David Feldman, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge and former Legal Adviser to the ...
Release of the Commission on a Bill of Rights Final Report
The Commission on a Bill of Rights released its final report today. The Report is available on the Commission's ...
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