Human rights in the Isle of Man: the administrative/judicial discretion debate

The author considers the position under Isle of Man law prior to the implementation of the Human Rights Act 2001 and in particular whether references can be made to the Convention on Human Rights to inform the exercise of administrative as well as judicial discretion. Article by David Doyle (Chairman, Isle of Man law Society’s Human Rights Committee; Head of Commercial Department, Dickinson Cruickshank & Co, Advocates, Isle of Man). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.