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The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Chris Hilliard
wiley   +1 more source

Nordic legal overseers and institutional openness in crises: Challenges and adaptation during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract We analyze challenges and adaptation strategies of Nordic legal overseers, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen and Chancellors of Justice in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, amid the COVID‐19 crisis. We study how the accountability capacities of the legal overseers were affected when standard practices of inclusive decision‐making were severed ...
Tero Erkkilä   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is the price of an American homicide? [PDF]

open access: yesTrauma Surg Acute Care Open
LaVigne' D   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Legalist Paradigm in Moral and Political Thought

open access: yes
Constellations, EarlyView.
Jamie Mayerfeld
wiley   +1 more source

Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Environmental Constitutional Rights and Climate-Related Disaster Governance in South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Local Government Issues
This paper examines the role of section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 108 of 1996 as a normative framework for governing climate change-related disasters.
Marjone Van der Bank   +1 more
doaj  

State Choices, Unequal Access: Policies Shaping Reproductive Health Care Across the United States

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points State policies and programs play an outsized role in shaping availability and access to sexual and reproductive health services across the nation. This has a major impact on women's access to contraception, abortion, and maternity services.
ALINA SALGANICOFF   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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