The European Convention on Human Rights

Cambridge University Press
978-0-521-84617-2 - The European Convention on Human Rights: Achievements, Problems and Prospects - by Steven Greer
Table Of Contents

	List of figures	page ix
	List of tables	xi
	Foreword	xiii
	Preface	xv

1	The First Half Century	1
	Introduction	1
	Human rights, liberalism and internationalism	2
	The mere shadow of a union	8
	A not unsatisfactory agreement	17
	Inter-state complaints	24
	Enlargement	28
	Minority rights	30
	Individual applications: 1955–2005	33
	The Convention and the European Union	47
	Conclusion	55

2	Convention Compliance	60
	Introduction	60
	Assessing national Convention compliance	61
	Explaining patterns of Convention violation in western Europe	78
	The Convention in central and eastern Europe	105
	Conclusion	131

3	The Applications and Enforcement of Judgment Processes	136
	Introduction	136
	The individual applications process	137
	Supervising execution of judgments	155
	‘Individual’ or ‘constitutional’ justice?	165
	Enhancing the Court/s constitutional mission	174
	Conclusion	189

4	The Method of Adjudication	193
	Introduction	193
	Primary constitutional principles	195
	Secondary constitutional principles	213
	Conclusion	226

5	The Jurisprudence	231
	Introduction	231
	Articles 3, 4 and 7(1)	232
	Articles 2(2) and 15	241
	Articles 5 and 6	248
	Article 2(1)	255
	Articles 8–11	257
	Article 1 of Protocol No. 1	274
	Conclusion	276

6	Improving Compliance	278
	Introduction	278
	Increasing compliance pressures from domestic legal systems	279
	Towards a European Fair Trials Commission	282
	The Role of Human Rights Institutions	289
	Conclusion	313

7	Conclusion	316
	Achievements and problems	316
	Prospects	321

	Bibliography	327

	Index	359

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