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Human Rights Act 1998 is a constitutional act
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The enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and the incorporation of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in United Kingdom law marked a turning point in United Kingdom's legal and constitutional history. This new epoch has brought about greater domestic respect for human rights under the rule of law, resulting in significant changes in public law, both in substance and in the conduct of judicial review proceedings. This essay question is concerned about the consequent impacts of this statute upon British constitution. In order to approach this question, I shall basically focus on three areas; the constitution of United Kingdom in relation with the unwritten constitution, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the consequences of this Act on the English legal system. In modern democratic nations the constitution is often to be found in a written and codified form. The United Kingdom is very unusual among those countries in...
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