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Justice in the Balance
Democracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights
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Stanford University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: EGQ2L77
EAN: 9781503643413
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Zustellung: Fr, 24.07.2026
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Beschreibung
Established as a post-World War II response to conflict and fascism, the European Court of Human Rights is routinely characterized as the most successful human rights institution in the world. Based in Strasbourg, France, its jurisdiction extends to over 700 million people on European soil across the 46 Council of Europe member countries. The Court is the crown jewel of the Council, an international organization dedicated to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. And yet, for years, European institutions have been haunted by the specter of failure. In the shadow of rising populism, inequality, and war, faith in democracy and the rule of law has been shaken to its core. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted over eight years with human rights advocates, lawyers, and judges at the European Court of Human Rights, this book asks: What kind of justice is possible through law. Drawing on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and archival research, Jessica Greenberg tracks two paradoxical experiences of the European human rights system and the Court: on the one hand, the Court as a bureaucratic "machine;" on the other, the Court as the "conscience of Europe. " She argues that human rights frameworks fuel imaginative approaches to social change, and compel legal actors to creatively navigate institutions through advocacy, persuasion, and innovative interpretation of what the law is and what it should be.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Jessica Greenberg
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 256