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LAW 124: PUBLIC LAW II STUDENT NUMBER: 0003 0743 7 01 ASSESSED ESSAY QUESTION 2003/2004. WORD COUNT: 2,124. Introduction. The European Convention of Human Rights has existed since 1951; Britain played an important part in the drafting procedure which promotes democracy and human rights. At the time it was considered that there was no need to give legal force to the convention in the UK. because the "convention rights" were already considered in the British legal system. Despite this, in 1998 the Labour government introduced the Human Rights Act and it has since been subject to great scrutiny. In this essay I will discuss the impact that it has subsequently had in administrative law, firstly by explaining the relevant sections of the Act. I will then discuss the relationship between the Human Rights Act and judicial review proceedings, particularly how public powers can be challenged and the legal rules that the Act has...

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