"The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has assumed a greater role in guiding and coordinating the affairs of its member states. The introduction of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) bring the quest for democratic governance into sharp relief. Using Caribbean cases, Simeon McIntosh discusses the fundamental rights and freedoms of speech and of the press, freedom of religion and freedom form inhuman and degrading punishment. He examines the protection of these rights and freedoms in the light of changes in society, social progress and other developments in the Commonwealth Caribbean within the context of the CSME and the CCJ. Fundamental Rights and Democratic Governance is the first body of work to give serious philosophical treatment to the question of fundamental rights in the Caribbean. In this second instalment on Caribbean Constitutionalism, McIntosh builds on his earlier work, Caribbean Constitutional Reform: Rethinking the West Indian Polity, in laying the theoretical justification for the Caribbean Court of Justice. "

"The debate in Jamaica regarding the replacement of the Judical Committee of the the Privy Council (JCPC) with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dominated public discussion from some time. We Want Justice documents the presentations made by representatives of government and opposition during the debate pn the resolutions tabled in the Houses of Parliament in 2003, calling on members to express their support for the ratification by Jamaica of the agreement to establish the CCJ. The presentations are accompanied by four other papers, written by persons outside of parliament, as well as a copy of the agreement establishing the CCJ. "

Commonwealth Caribbean Administrative Law comprehensively explores the nature and function of administrative law in contemporary Caribbean society. It considers the administrative machinery of Caribbean States; Parliament, the Executive and the judiciary. It then examines the basis for judicial review of executive and administrative action in the Caribbean by looking at the statutory provisions that underpin this and the plethora of case law emerging from the region. The book will also look to how the courts in the Commonwealth Caribbean have sought to define principles of administrative law. This book will also consider the alternative methods by which the rights of citizens are protected, including the ombudsman and the use of tribunals and inquiries, as well as looking forward to the increasingly significant role of Caribbean Integration law and bodies such as CARICOM and the OESC.

By Christina M. Cerna.

For review see: Harold F. Munneke, in Tijdschrift voor Antilliaans Recht-Justicia, jrg. 2, no. 3 (1986); p. 267-270.