TY - BOOK ID - 78531898 TI - The separation of powers in the contemporary constitution : judicial competence and independence in the United Kingdom PY - 2010 SN - 1107215501 0511853009 1282916335 9786612916335 0511931824 0511930488 0511927975 0511933177 0511933827 0511925441 9780511933172 9780521493376 0521493374 9780511925443 9780511933820 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Judicial power KW - Separation of powers KW - Checks and balances (Separation of powers) KW - Division of powers KW - Powers, Separation of KW - Constitutional law KW - Political science KW - Delegation of powers KW - Executive power KW - Judicial independence KW - Judicial review KW - Legislative power KW - Judiciary KW - Justiciability KW - Power, Judicial KW - Courts KW - Implied powers (Constitutional law) KW - Law and legislation KW - Law KW - General and Others KW - Judicial power - Great Britain KW - Separation of powers - Great Britain KW - Royaume-Uni UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78531898 AB - In this 2010 book, Roger Masterman examines the dividing lines between the powers of the judicial branch of government and those of the executive and legislative branches in the light of two of the most significant constitutional reforms of recent years: the Human Rights Act (1998) and Constitutional Reform Act (2005). Both statutes have implications for the separation of powers within the United Kingdom constitution. The Human Rights Act brings the judges into much closer proximity with the decisions of political actors than previously permitted by the Wednesbury standard of review and the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, while the Constitutional Reform Act marks the emergence of an institutionally independent judicial branch. Taken together, the two legislative schemes form the backbone of a more comprehensive system of constitutional checks and balances policed by a judicial branch underpinned by the legitimacy of institutional independence. ER -