Outputs (3)

The Conservative Project to ‘Break the Link between British Courts and Strasbourg’: Rhetoric or Reality? (2017)
Journal Article
Fenwick, H., & Masterman, R. (2017). The Conservative Project to ‘Break the Link between British Courts and Strasbourg’: Rhetoric or Reality?. Modern Law Review, 80(6), 1111-1136. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12304

The Conservative party has repeatedly pledged to replace the HRA with a British Bill of Rights, with the aim of ‘breaking the link’ between domestic courts and Strasbourg. This article examines the implications of this proposal, the nature of the cur... Read More about The Conservative Project to ‘Break the Link between British Courts and Strasbourg’: Rhetoric or Reality?.

Unpacking separation of powers: judicial independence, sovereignty and conceptual flexibility in the UK constitution (2017)
Journal Article
Masterman, R., & Wheatle, S. (2017). Unpacking separation of powers: judicial independence, sovereignty and conceptual flexibility in the UK constitution. Public Law, 2017(Jul), 469-487

Considers the extent to which the UK doctrine of separation of powers exerts a normative influence on judicial decision-making. Examines the evolving constitutional significance of the doctrine, and how it manifests itself in judicial discourse throu... Read More about Unpacking separation of powers: judicial independence, sovereignty and conceptual flexibility in the UK constitution.

Process and Substance in the United Kingdom and at Strasbourg: Proportionality, Subsidiarity, Complementarity? (2017)
Book Chapter
Masterman, R. (2017). Process and Substance in the United Kingdom and at Strasbourg: Proportionality, Subsidiarity, Complementarity?. In J. Gerards, & E. Brems (Eds.), Procedural review in European fundamental rights cases (242-271). Cambridge University Press