The European Convention on Human Rights : achievements, problems and prospects

Author:Steven Greer

Summary:"This book critically appraises the European Convention on Human Rights as it faces some daunting challenges. It argues that the Convention's core functions have subtly changed, particularly since the ending of the Cold War, and that these are now to articulate an 'abstract constitutional model' for the entire continent and to promote convergence in the operation of public institutions at every level of governance. The implications - from national compliance to European international relations, including the adjudication of disputes by the European Court of Human Rights - are fully explored. As the first book-length socio-legal examination of the Convention's principal achievements and failures, this study not only blends legal and social science scholarship around the theme of constitutionalization, but also offers a coherent set of policy proposals which both address the current case-management crisis and suggest ways forward neglected by recent reforms."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2006

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006

Series:

Cambridge studies in European law and policy

Physical Description:xix, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9780521846172, 9780521608596, 052184617X, 0521608597

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:70230668

Subjects:

Convention européenne des droits de l'homme

Convention européenne des droits de l'homme (1950)