The only certainty is uncertainty - risk to rights in the Brexit process

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Grogan, J. 2019. The only certainty is uncertainty - risk to rights in the Brexit process. in: Fahey, E. and Ahmed, T. (ed.) On Brexit: Law, Justices and Injustices Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 65-80
Chapter titleThe only certainty is uncertainty - risk to rights in the Brexit process
AuthorsGrogan, J.
Abstract

This chapter exposes the uncertain future of rights in the UK following the Brexit process, adopting a taxonomy of risk that the Brexit process will pose to the framework of rights protection. It provides an overview of the envisioned Brexit process as it impacts rights and concomitant remedies for their infringement, and links this to the core question of whether there is an inherent ‘injustice’ in uncertainty. It outlines those rights which will be lost; those which are critically at risk; those which are vulnerable; and considers whether there are alternative means of protecting rights. It concludes on the argument of the injustice in the ‘knowable’ consequence of uncertainty and risk to rights which will arise as a direct consequence of the planned legal process by which the UK will withdraw from the EU.

Page range65-80
Book titleOn Brexit: Law, Justices and Injustices
EditorsFahey, E. and Ahmed, T.
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
ISBN
Hardcover9781789903003
Electronic9781789903010
Publication dates
Print31 Dec 2019
Online02 Dec 2019
Publication process dates
Deposited25 Nov 2019
Output statusPublished
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This is a draft chapter. The final version is available in On Brexit: Law, Justices and Injustices edited by Tawhida Ahmed and Elaine Fahey, published in 2019, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903010.00013
The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903010.00013
LanguageEnglish
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