Democracy and the Human Rights Act Republican Analysis of Citizen Power

This book discusses the extent to which the UK Human Rights Act successfully balances protection of rights and democracy. It is generally accepted that the Act prevents government from violating fundamental rights, but the extent to which the Act can legitimately be overridden as a result of public opinion and participation is less clear.



The book will be a valuable resource for students and academics researching constitutional legal theory, and comparative constitutional law. While the focus in on the UK HRA, broader theoretical issues of constitutional review will have significant international interest.

About the author

Dennis Dixon is a Legal Adviser to the Law Officers’ Department of the States of Jersey, and tutor at the Institute of Law, Jersey.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Dixon, Dixon Dennis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 25.04.2017
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law
• EAN: 9781138242760
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24276-0
• Pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social Law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence and general issues, comparative constitutional law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law, judicial review UK, legislative accountability, republican political theory, European Convention rights, public participation in constitutional review, constitutional legal theory