Values for a Godless Age: The Story of the UK's New Bill of RightsThe HRA represents a new beginning for the UK. For the first time rights which we have taken for granted are written down and enforceable against the government and all public bodies in our own courts. For the first time we have a higher law - a Bill of Rights - whose principles will influence all other law and policy. And for the first time we have a common set of ethical values to which everyone in this godless age can subscribe. |
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From civil liberties to human rights in the UK | 5 |
This books main goals | 13 |
CHAPTER | 16 |
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