Capital punishment : Burke and Dicey meet the European convention on human rights

Judge, David (1999) Capital punishment : Burke and Dicey meet the European convention on human rights. Public Law, Spring. pp. 6-13.

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Abstract

Constitutional implications of decision on free vote to abolish death penalty in enacting s.36 of 1998 Act and Protocol 6 ECHR thereby allowing representatives to bind their successors contrary to principle of parliamentary sovereignty