Full Description
The European Human Rights Culture - A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe? analyses the political term "European Human Rights Culture", a term first introduced by EU Commission President Barroso. Located in the fields of comparative law and European law, this book analyses, through first-hand interviews with the European judiciary, the judicial perspective on the European human rights culture and sets this in context to the political dimension of the term. In addition, it looks at the structures and procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and explains the embedding of the Courts' legal cultures. It offers an in-depth analysis of the margin of appreciation doctrine at both the CJEU and ECtHR, and shows its value for addressing human rights grievances.
Contents
Excerpt of table of contents:
Acknowledgements;
Foreword;
Introduction;
1 Background of the Paradox (Looking Inside the Paradox Box) - History, Procedure, Symbols and the Family;
2 The Margin of Appreciation in Strasbourg and Luxembourg;
3 Europe's Rich Diversity - 27 Diff erent Countries on the Bench: How Diff erences Matter in the Decision Making;
4 Human Rights - Who Owns Human Rights in Europe?;
5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Its Relationship with other European Human Rights Norms;
6 The Relationship between the Two European Courts and the Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;
Conclusion;
Index.
