Explain what Lord Bingham meant about the Human Rights Act 1998 by this and critically assess with relation to case law whether this is really the case.

QUESTION ONE

In 1976 Lord Hailsham described the fusion of the House of Commons and the Executive as an ‘Elective Dictatorship’.

Explain the makeup and functions of the House of Commons and critically evaluate whether the UK really does have an elective dictatorship.

QUESTION TWO

“The duty of national courts is to keep pace with the Strasbourg jurisprudence as it evolves over time: no more, but certainly no less.”
(Lord Bingham, R (Special Adjudicator) ex Parte Ullah [2004] UKHL

Explain what Lord Bingham meant about the Human Rights Act 1998 by this and critically assess with relation to case law whether this is really the case.

 

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