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Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor (2007)
Book Chapter
Baker, A. (2007). Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor. In H. Fenwick, G. Phillipson, & R. Masterman (Eds.), Judicial reasoning under the UK Human Rights Act (348-376). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511493775.015

When the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) brought the protections of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law, it entrusted the judiciary with a role with which it had little experience. The HRA asks judges to decide, among other things,... Read More about Article 14 ECHR: a Protector, Not a Prosecutor.