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General Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights

Janneke Gerards author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Jul '23

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Provides broad and deep insight in the core concepts and principles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

This book offers an insight in the principles and concepts that are key to understanding the European Convention on Human Rights. It explains which tools help the European Court of Human Rights decide on the many cases brought before it, illustrated by numerous examples taken from the Court's judgments.The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the world's most important and influential human rights documents. It owes its value mainly to the European Court of Human Rights, which applies the Convention rights in individual cases. This book offers insight into the concepts and principles that are key to understanding the European Convention and the Court's case law. It explains how the Court approaches its cases and its decision-making process, illustrated by numerous examples taken from the Court's judgments. Core issues discussed include types of Convention rights (such as absolute rights); the structure of the Court's Convention rights review; principles and methods of interpretation (such as common-ground interpretation and the use of precedent); positive and negative obligations; vertical and horizontal effect; the margin of appreciation doctrine; and the requirements for the restriction of Convention rights.

ISBN: 9781009045629

Dimensions: 245mm x 169mm x 21mm

Weight: 710g

330 pages

2nd Revised edition