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Zusatztext Parkinson writes with an economy of words...he knows his archival material well. His analysis is indeed nuanced... Informationen zum Autor Dr Charles Parkinson was educated at the University of Melbourne, King's College London and the University of Oxford. He is a visiting scholar at the Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne. He has published widely in legal and historical journals and is the author of Sir William Stawell and the Victorian Constitution (2004). Klappentext Bills of Rights and Decolonization analyzes the British Government's radical change in policy during the late 1950s on the use of bills of rights in colonial territories nearing independence. More broadly it explores the political dimensions of securing the protection of human rights at independence and the peaceful transfer of power through constitutional means. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the British Government's radical change in policy during the late 1950s on the use of bills of rights in colonial territories nearing independence. It explores the political dimensions of securing the protection of human rights at the point of gaining independence, and the peaceful transfer of power through constitutional means. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Protection of Rights in Britain and the Protection of Rights in its Territories During Colonial Rule and at Independence 3: Sudan 4: Malaya 5: Ghana 6: Nigeria 7: West Indies 8: East Africa 9: Epilogue: A Policy on Bills of Rights 10: Conclusions
