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Professor Roger Masterman's Outputs (53)

Taking the Strasbourg Jurisprudence into Account: developing a “municipal law of human rights” under the Human Rights Act 1998 (2005)
Journal Article
Masterman, R. (2005). Taking the Strasbourg Jurisprudence into Account: developing a “municipal law of human rights” under the Human Rights Act 1998. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 54(4), 907-931. https://doi.org/10.1093/iclq/lei042

Questions surrounding the legitimate extent of the judicial role have long been the source of controversy. Concerns that unelected and unrepresentative judges are ‘legislating’ rather than interpreting the law or are interfering in matters of ‘democr... Read More about Taking the Strasbourg Jurisprudence into Account: developing a “municipal law of human rights” under the Human Rights Act 1998.

The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance (2003)
Journal Article
Masterman, R., Hazell, R., Gay, A., Trench, S., King, M., Sandford, R., & Maer, L. (2003). The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance. Parliamentary Affairs, 56(2), 157-169. https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg011

The year 2002 has seen plenty of constitutional developments and proposals for reform, notably a white paper on elected regional assemblies and a white paper on House of Lords reform, followed by the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee t... Read More about The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance.

Review of N Burrows, Devolution (2002)
Journal Article
Masterman, R. (online). Review of N Burrows, Devolution. Public Law, 588-590

In her book Devolution, Professor Noreen Burrows systematically describes the intricacies of the law pertaining to devolution in the United Kingdom, examining in detail the Scotland *P.L. 589 Act 1998, Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Government of Wale... Read More about Review of N Burrows, Devolution.

Devolution and the Centre (2001)
Book Chapter
Masterman, R., & Mitchell, J. (2001). Devolution and the Centre. In A. Trench (Ed.), The state of the nations 2001 : the second year of devolution in the United Kingdom (175-196). Imprint Academic

Book review of 'Constitutional interpretation : textual meaning, original intent and judicial review' by K.E. Whittington, Lawrence KS : University Press of Kansas, 1999. Book review of 'Constitutional construction : divided powers and constitutional meaning' by K.E. Whittington, Cambridge MA : Harvard University Press, 1999 (2001)
Journal Article
Masterman, R. (2001). Book review of 'Constitutional interpretation : textual meaning, original intent and judicial review' by K.E. Whittington, Lawrence KS : University Press of Kansas, 1999. Book review of 'Constitutional construction : divided powers and constitutional meaning' by K.E. Whittington, Cambridge MA : Harvard University Press, 1999. Political Studies, 49(1), 119-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00308

Devolution and Westminster (2001)
Book Chapter
Masterman, R., & Hazell, R. (2001). Devolution and Westminster. In A. Trench (Ed.), The state of the nations 2001 : the second year of devolution in the United Kingdom (197-224). Imprint Academic