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    General principles of the European Convention on Human Rights / Janneke Gerards.

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    • Title:General principles of the European Convention on Human Rights / Janneke Gerards.
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    • Author/Creator:Gerards, Janneke author.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
      ©2019

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Human rights--Europe.
      Civil rights--Europe.
    • Subject(s):Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5)
    • Description:vii, 266 pages ; 25 cm
    • Summary:"The European Convention of 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"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781108718288 paperback
      1108718280 paperback
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Basics of the Convention System
      1.1. Introduction
      1.2. Main Principles Underlying the Convention: Effectiveness and Subsidiarity
      1.3. Double Role of the European Court of Human Rights
      1.4. Structure of Convention Rights Review
      1.5. Typology of Convention Rights from a Perspective of Possibilities for Justification
      2. Court's Overall Argumentative Approach - Mediating Between the Abstract and the Concrete
      2.1. Introduction
      2.2. Object of Review: Legislation and/or Individual Decisions
      2.3. Individual Redress or General Convention Interpretation?
      2.4. Role of Precedent in the Court's Case Law
      2.5. Case-based Review, Incrementalism and the Search for a Reflective Equilibrium
      2.6. Legal Effect of the Court's Interpretations; `Res Interpretata'
      3. Principles Governing the Interpretation and Application of Convention Rights
      3.1. Introduction
      3.2. ECHR and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
      3.3. Evolutive Interpretation and the Convention as a `Living Instrument'
      3.4. Meta-teleological Interpretation and the Underlying Values of the Convention
      3.5. Autonomous Interpretation
      4. Methods of Convention Interpretation
      4.1. Introduction
      4.2. Textual Interpretation
      4.3. Interpretation in light of the Travaux Preparatories
      4.4. Internally Harmonising Interpretation
      4.5. Common Ground or Consensus Interpretation
      5. Positive and Negative Obligations
      5.1. Introduction
      5.2. Definition of Positive Obligations
      5.3. Types of Positive Obligations
      5.4. Relation Between Negative and Positive Obligations
      6. Vertical and Horizontal Effect
      6.1. Introduction
      6.2. Direct Responsibility of the State for Interferences with Convention Rights
      6.3. Indirect Horizontal Effect
      7. Margin of Appreciation Doctrine
      7.1. Introduction
      7.2. Development, Function and Effects of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine
      7.3. Applicability of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine
      7.4. Determining the Scope of the Margin of Appreciation
      7.5. Continued Relevance of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine?
      8. Justification of Restrictions I
      Lawfulness
      8.1. Introduction
      8.2. Autonomous and Substantive Interpretation
      8.3. Basis in Domestic Law
      8.4. Accessibility
      8.5. Foreseeability
      8.6. Absence of Arbitrariness
      8.7. Procedural Safeguards
      9. Justification of Restrictions II
      Legitimate Aim
      9.1. Exhaustive Lists of Legitimate Aims and Their Importance
      9.2. Application and Interpretation of the Legitimate Aim Requirement
      9.3. Discrepancy Between Stated and Real Aims
      9.4. Plurality of Aims
      9.5. Interconnectedness of Legitimate Aim and Proportionality
      10. Justification of Restrictions III
      Necessity, Proportionality and Fair Balance
      10.1. Formulas, Tests and Standards
      10.2. Necessity, a Pressing Social Need and the Least Restrictive Means Test
      10.3. Relevant and Sufficient Test
      10.4. Fair Balance, Proportionality and Related Tests
      10.5. Procedural Review.
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