Bill of Rights is it the right way to go?

[BlindSite]

Currently in legal studies the term's work is on the rights of citizens in australia. As we have to Bill of Rights as such our laws are handed down through a complicated list of Acts such as the police powers and responsibilites act which covers say the right to search and seizure.

My question to you all today would be. What do you think should be added to a bill and why, say we'll use the american bill of rights. If you're nation wished to adopt this bill of rights word for word, what would you want added, or removed and why, aside from this would you rather keep your current system, whatever that may be or change to this bill of rights.
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[-V-]

I think The US Bill of Rights is fine as is, I'm fairly hard-pressed to think what would need to be added to it, if you consider the other ammendments that were tacked on later, like women's suffrage, banning slavery, etc. One that I would support is to make Marrage a wholy religious institution and make the financial part of it accessable to all, but thats about it.

[Lord Kelvin]

I think it depends on the country you're adding the Bill of Rights to. For some countries it might not work out too well because of cultural differences (how women are viewed, the media's impact on society, crime rates and self-defense, etc.). Some of the Bill of Rights, after all, were created specifically because of conditions in the colonies (ie. the Third was because of the quartering soldiers, Second was to "defend" against Native American attacks, and so on). Some of the more broader ones, like the First, might work, but then again it might not if the country's completely homogenous in its religious diversity.

[ScAvenger001]

Something really important, imo, would be a better method of ensuring that the articles and amendments are actually properly followed. SCOTUS is nice and all, but it's sloooooow and its abilities to override congress etc are limited.

[Modest Genius]

we had a similar situation here, until the Human Rights Act was passed. whilst its thrown up a lot of weird lawsuits and quite pervese legal arguments, overall i think its leveled the playing field and removed some of the more insane concradictions and hypocracies

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/your-rights/the-human-rights-act/convention-rights/index.shtml

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What do you think should be added to a bill and why, say we'll use the american bill of rights. If you're nation wished to adopt this bill of rights word for word, what would you want added, or removed and why, aside from this would you rather keep your current system, whatever that may be or change to this bill of rights.
??What has your class come up with so far? Are you keeping the Amendments in the scenario? And if so, what has been the discussion regarding the 2nd Amendment? I would think that if a country were to adopt a USA-type Bill of Rights it would be amended back to the existing state of affairs making the the whole exercise a waste of tax payer money/gov't bribes/oil commissions.