European Consensus between Strategy and Principle The Uses of Vertically Comparative Legal Reasoning in Regional Human Rights Adjudication

• Main Author: Theilen, Jens T. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2021
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht,
• Subjects: LBBR; 1QFE; critical international legal theory; legitimacy; margin of appreciation; European consensus; European Court of Human Rights; comparative legal reasoning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This study offers a critical account of the reasoning employed by the European Court of Human Rights, particularly its references to European consensus. Based on an in-depth analysis of the Court's case-law against the backdrop of human rights theory, it will be of interest to both practitioner...