The ECHR and human rights theory : reconciling the moral and political conceptions / Alain Zysset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zysset, Alain, author.

Series:

Routledge research in human rights law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5).

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

European Court of Human Rights.

Human rights--European Union countries--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects--European Union countries.

Human rights--Political aspects--European Union countries.

Democracy--European Union countries--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Human rights--Political aspects.

Democracy--Philosophy.

Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

European Convention on Human Rights and human rights theory

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction

human rights theory and the challenge of the ECHR

Ethical theories of human rights and their practice-independence

Political theories and their practice-dependence

Theorizing human rights

a constructivist proposal

The ECHR in historical perspective

The normativity of ECHR law

Interpretation at the ECtHR

setting the stage

Balancing and justification at the ECtHR

the pivotal concept of "democratic necessity"

Conclusion

constructing the democratic foundations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138641037

1138641030

OCLC:

943637382