Fundamental Rights and their Protection

It seems to be fairly logical that the citizen’s legitimate expectation to accountability from the government should be anchored on a credible and efficient protection of fundamental rights coupled with a viable enforcement mechanism. M DeMerieux’s book, Fundamental Rights in Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutions, ¹ deals exhaustively with the rights conferred by West Indian constitutions. These range from property and civil rights of equality, life, liberty and the security of the individual to freedoms of thought, religion, expression, association and the like.