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The Human Rights Act 1998 has a significant impact on administrative law in the UK. It has added legal rules  

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'The Human Rights Act 1998 has a significant impact on administrative law in the UK. It has added legal rules on standing and new grounds upon which exercise of public powers can be challenged in judicial review proceedings. More importantly, however, it has given rise to new human rights culture in the UK.' Critically discuss all aspects of the statement. When speaking of human rights of the individual we often refer on one hand to social and economic rights such as the right to employment, health care and housing and on the other hand the classical civil and political rights -the right to liberty of the person, participate in elections, rights to freedom of conscience and religion and expression. Human rights lawyers concentrate particularly on the civil and political rights even though social and economic rights are essential to the 'effective participation in the civil and political life of the...

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