Human Rights, Constitutional Law and the Development of the English Legal System: Selected Essays

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This is a selection of Lord Irvine's major lectures and articles since 1995. It surveys the constitutional revolution that has taken place in Britain since the Labour Government came to power in 1997, taking in devolution and House of Lords reform, but with a particular focus on human rights. The evolution of a new human rights culture is traced, from the policy underlying the Human Rights Act 1998, through the scheme of the legislation and the preparations for implementation, to an analysis of the impact of the Act during its first two years. The work is of particular interest because Lord Irvine chaired the four main Cabinet Committees on constitutional change and introduced the Human Rights Bill to Parliament.

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This book is evidence of a powerful mind possessed by someone on top of his brief. -- Michael Beloff * Telegraph *
a good insight into the thinking of one of the New Labour Government's most influential legal reformersThis book deserves to be welcomed as a useful contribution to the literature on the evolution of the British legal system. * The Commonwealth Lawyer *

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The Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon Lord Irvine of Lairg, is head of the Judiciary in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Speaker of the House of Lords, and a Cabinet Minister in the New Labour Government.