Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights

Author: Jean-François Renucci

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9789287157157

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The model system created by the European Convention on Human Rights is internationally renowned. The rights it protects are among the most important, covering not only civil and political rights, but also certain social and economic rights, such as the right to respect for personal possessions. The European Court of Human Rights stands at the heart of the protection mechanism guaranteeing these rights. It is now an entirely judicial system since the adoption and entry into force of Protocol No. 11, which reorganised the whole system and extended the Court's jurisdiction. The Court's excessive caseload is a problem, though, and this has led to the further improvements contained in Protocol No. 14, designed to strengthen the operation and effectiveness of the Court.

European Convention Human
European Convention Human

Author: Council of Europe Staff

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 964

ISBN-13: 9780792333869

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This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Constitutional Dimension of Contract Law
The Constitutional Dimension of Contract Law

Author: Luca Siliquini-Cinelli

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 3319498436

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One of the hallmarks of the present era is the discourse surrounding Human Rights and the need for the law to recognise them. Various national and supranational human rights instruments have been developed and implemented in order to transition society away from atrocity and callousness toward a more just and inclusive future. In some countries this is done by means of an overarching constitution, while in others international conventions or ordinary legislation hold sway. Contract law plays a pivotal role in this context. According to many, this is done through the much-debated ‘civilising mission’ of the contract, a notion which itself constitutes the canon of the Western liberal principle of ‘civilised economy’. The movement away from the belief in the absolute freedom of contract, which reached its zenith in the nineteenth century, to the principles of fairness and justice that underpin contract law today, is often deemed to be a testament to this civilising influence. Delving into the interplay between human rights policies, constitutional law, and contract law from both theoretical and practical perspectives, this first volume of a two-book collection offers a totally new reappraisal of the subject by gathering a collection of essays written by contract law scholars from Europe, South Africa, Canada, and Australia. Instead of providing the reader with a sterile compilation of positivistic norms and policies on the impact of fundamental rights and constitutional law issues on contract law’s development, the authors build on their personal experience to analyse specific topics related to contracting that include a constitutional dimension. The book fills an important void in comparative law scholarship and in so doing represents the starting point for further debate on the subject.

The Contributions of the CJEU and the ECtHR in the Field of Taxpayers' Procedural Safeguards
The Contributions of the CJEU and the ECtHR in the Field of Taxpayers' Procedural Safeguards

Author: Lyubomir Antonov

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2023-06-23

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 3346895300

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Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2023 in the subject Law - Tax / Fiscal Law, University of Strasbourg (Centre for International and European Studies), course: European Tax Law, language: English, abstract: The thesis addresses the challenge to compare both the CJEU and the ECtHR case-laws dealing with issues concerning the taxpayers' procedural rights. Those courts faced the same difficulty to guarantee the European taxpayers' rights while neither the EU Founding Treaties, nor the European Convention on Human Rights include stipulations with sheer fiscal purpose. However, despite that apparent mutism, the Convention and EU law turn out today to be fundamental sources in the field of taxation. Similarly to the CJEU, who impelled the Member States to direct taxation "downward harmonisation", the ECtHR set up a constructive case-law, which unveiled fiscal perspectives over stipulations that have not been conceived originally under such conception. The thesis is focused on the contributions both European courts delivered in the field of taxpayers' procedural safeguards and investigates into the existence of a common corpus: all taxation phases are thus covered, regardless of whether it is in the stage of tax base assessment, tax liquidation or tax collection, but as well and mostly so regarding the administrative oversight and prospective sanctions that could result from. The thesis overpasses its initial scope in order to examine legal tools and reasoning patterns European justices in both courts have put in place in order to give rise to taxpayers' real procedural safeguards.

Domestic Application of the ECHR
Domestic Application of the ECHR

Author: Eirik Bjorge

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0191061328

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Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the rights protected in the Convention. This book analyses the way in which the domestic courts in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany apply the ECHR and how, applying the Convention, they define their relationship with the European Court of Human Rights. Contrary to what others have contended, the book argues that it is not true descriptively, nor desirable normatively, that the domestic courts approach the ECHR based upon friction and assertion of sovereignty vis-à-vis the European Court. The proper role played by the domestic courts, and the one which they have taken on them to perform in fact, is to apply the Convention in all good faith, building on the principles of the Convention as set out in the jurisprudence of the European Court. But if domestic courts are in a position to apply the ECHR in the first place, it is because the application of the Convention has been entrusted to them by the other organs of the municipal state; in certain cases municipal principles of the separation of powers have an important bearing on domestic interpretation and application of the Convention. Domestic Application of the ECHR: Courts as Faithful Trustees shows that, through their faithful application of the ECHR, domestic courts can - and do - make a positive contribution to the development of the law of the Convention.

Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights / Annuaire de la Convention Europeenne des Droits de L’Homme
Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights / Annuaire de la Convention Europeenne des Droits de L’Homme

Author: Council of Europe Staff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 940151173X

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This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.

Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights
Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights

Author: Council of Europe/Conseil de L'Europe

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2000-12-01

Total Pages: 1104

ISBN-13: 9789041115416

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This volume of the Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe relates to 1999. Its presentation follows that of previous volumes. Part one contains basic texts and information of a general nature; part two deals with the European Commission of Human Rights; part three with the European Court of Human Rights; part four with the Resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; and parts five and six with the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, the situation in the Member States, and developments within the European Communities. A Bibliography and Index are included. Ce volume de l'Annuaire de la Convention européenne des Droits de l'homme, préparé par la Direction des Droits de l'Homme du Conseil de l'Europe, concerne l'année 1999. La première partie contient des textes fondamentaux; la deuxième partie contient les rapports de la Commission européenne des Droits de l'Homme; la troisième partie donne des informations sur la Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme; la quatrième partie contient des Résolutions du Comité des Ministres; et les cinquième et sixième parties regroupent toutes les autres activités concernant la Convention dans le cadre du Conseil de l'Europe et comprennent des informations sur les débats devant les parlements nationaux et sur les développements au sein des Communautés européennes concernant la protection des droits de l'homme. Le volume se termine avec une bibliographie et une index alphabétique.

The individual application under the European Convention on Human Rights
The individual application under the European Convention on Human Rights

Author: Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9287189625

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An indispensable practical guide for any potential applicant and any legal professional This book, which is a practical guide aimed at both professional lawyers and potential applicants, clearly and comprehensively describes and analyses the main stages in the processing of an application before the organs of the European Convention on Human Rights. Detailed descriptions are provided of the Convention system, the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights and the procedures which the Court has developed to expedite and optimise case processing. Crafted by two specialists on the Convention, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, the current President of the European Court of Human Rights, and Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou, a lawyer at the Greek Court of Cassation, the book does not merely explain how to prepare and lodge an application, in particular as regards the formal requirements and admissibility criteria; it also presents a detailed assessment of a case by the various formations of the Court, covering all stages right through to the conclusion of proceedings. Finally, having analysed the judicial stage, the book goes on to describe the procedure for supervision of the execution of judgments before the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.