... rights, common law failing to protect the rights and even the EC had caught UK of violation of human rights. Even as Lord Bridge remarked in the Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers case 'the common law had not been effective in upholding civil liberties.' These rising problems enforced the perception that Dicey's views on civil-liberties were not adequate as there became a clear divide of unrestrained legal limits on parliament (hence increasing parliamentary sovereignty,) whilst at the same time courts did very little to review the activities of government. 2- The pressure from the growth of importance of human rights in other states, the increasing awareness of socialist and utilitarian standpoints and the Petition of Rights against state interference of individual liberty all pointed towards reform of the HR. Of course a brief mention should be made that not all acts passed by parliament eroded civil liberties. Examples such as the ...

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