Europe of rights : : a compendium on the European Convention of Human Rights / / edited by Javier Garcia Roca, Pablo Santolaya.

• TeilnehmendeR: Santolaya Machetti, Pablo.; Garcia Roca, Javier.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (690 p.)
• Notes: Includes an index.

This book is a systematic commentary on half a century of case law on the Convention system made by a group of legal experts from various universities and legal disciplines. It provides a guide of the rights protected under ECHR as well as a better understanding, open to supranational scenarios, of...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Javier García Roca and Pablo Santolaya
• The Preamble, The Convention’s Hermeneutic Context: A Constitutional Instrument of European Public Order / Javier García Roca
• The Scope of Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (Art. 1) / Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez
• Legal Protection of Life: Transformation and Expansion (Art. 2 ECHR and Protocols 6 and 13) / Fernando Rey Martinez
• Treatment Proscribed under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights / Ana Salado Osuna
• Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour: An Example of Integration of International Treaties (Commentary on Article 4) / Raúl Canosa Usera
• European Convention Protection of the Right to Liberty and Security: A Minimum European Standard (Art. 5 ECHR) / Fco. Javier Álvarez García and Argelia Queralt Jiménez
• Initial Approach to the Right to a Fair Trial and to the Demands of Article 6.1 ECHR, in Particular, the Right of Access to a Court (Art. 6 ECHR) / Coral Arangüena Fanego
• The Right to a Double Degree of Jurisdiction in Criminal Offences (Art. 2 P7) / Coral Arangüena Fanego
• “Reasonable Time” in the Administration of Justice: A Requirement of the European Convention of Human Rights (Art 6.1 ECHR) / Ana Salado Osuna
• The Right to a Public Hearing: A Guarantee Downplayed by the Strasbourg Court (Art. 6.1 ECHR) / José Miguel Vidal Zapatero
• The Right to an Independent and Impartial Tribunal (Art. 6.1 ECHR): A Specific Minimum Standards Guarantee Rather than a Rule of Justice / Javier García Roca and José Miguel Vidal Zapatero
• An Extensive but Not Very Stringent Presumption of Innocence (Art. 6.2 ECHR) / Alfredo Allué Buiza
• Requirements in Relation to the Right to a Defence: The Right to Defend Oneself, to Legal Assistance and Legal Aid (Art. 6.3.C ECHR) / Coral Arangüena Fanego
• Requirements in Relation to Witness Examination under Article 6.3 D) ECHR / Coral Arangüena Fanego
• The Right to be Informed of the Charge (Article 6.3 A) ECHR / Isabel Perelló Doménech
• The Right to be Compensated for Miscarriage of Justice (Article 3, Protocol 7) / Isabel Perelló Doménech
• The Weakened Concept of the European Principle of Criminal Legality (Art. 7 ECHR and P7-4) / Susana Huerta Tocildo
• The Right to a Private and Family Life (Notably Extended Right to Privacy) (Art. 8 ECHR) / Pablo Santolaya
• Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion (Art. 9 ECHR) / Alejandro Torres Gutiérrez
• The Right to Freedom of Expression in a Democratic Society (Art. 10 ECHR) / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
• Freedom of Assembly and Association (Art. 11 ECHR): Some Hesitations on a Path of Firm Protection / Juan María Bilbao Ubillos
• The Right to Marry (Art. 12 ECHR) / Alejandro Torres Gutiérrez
• The Right to an Effective Remedy Before a National Authority: Problems of Interpretation (Art. 13 ECHR) / Encarna Carmona Cuenca
• The Prohibition on Discrimination: New Content (Art. 14 ECHR and Protocol 12) / Encarna Carmona Cuenca
• Suspending Guarantees of the European Convention on Human Rights (Art. 15) / Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez
• Restrictions on the Political Activity of Aliens under Article 16 ECHR / Juan Fernando Durán Alba.