The evolution of the european convention on humanrights: from its inception to the creation of a permanent court of human rights

The European Convention on Human Rights is probably the most effective systemof international human rights control created. This book examines the story of the evolution of the Convention over its first 50 years. It explains how theConvention system grew up and how it came to exert such an important influence on the States which subscribe to it. INDICE: Table of Cases; Tables of Legislation, Treaties, and Conventions; Abbreviations; 1: The Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; I. THE CONVENTION'S BIRTH; 2: The Beginning of Modern International Human Rights Law (Background to the Birth of the European Convention); 3: Proposals for a Convention to Safeguard Europe from Tyranny and Oppression?; 4: The Drafting of the Convention by the Governments of the Councilof Europe (February - November 1950); 5: The Convention of 1950 and Key Features of its Subsequent Evolution; II. FROM A SAFEGUARD AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM TO A FLEDGLING EUROPEAN BILL OF RIGHTS; 6: An Overview of the Conventions Evolution from the 1950s to the Early 1970s; 7: The Conventions Evolution 1973 - 1976: The Awakening of the 'Sleeping Beauty'; 8: The Strasbourg Court 'Comes ofAge'(The Judgements of the Late 1970s); 9: Reflecting on the Conventions Evolution (From a Safeguard against Totalitarianism to Europes Bill of Rights); III. COMPLETING THE EUROPEAN BILL OF RIGHTS; 10: The Evolution of the ConventionSystem through to 1990; 11: The Conventions 'Coming of Age'(The 1990s and Protocol 11); IV.'AFTER 1998'; 12: After 1998: The Challenges Facing the 'New' European Court of Human Rights; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-920799-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 608
• Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés