Fair balance : : proportionality, subsidiarity and primarity in the European Convention on Human Rights / / by Jonas Christoffersen.

• Author: Christoffersen, Jonas.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Human Rights 99.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (686 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In one of the most important publications on the European Convention and Court of Human Rights in recent years, a wide range of fundamental practical and theoretical problems of crucial importance are addressed in an original and critical way bringing a fresh, coherent and innovative order into well-known battle zones. The analysis revolves around the Court’s fair balance-test and comprises in-depth analyses of e.g. methods of interpretation, proportionality, the least onerous means-test, the notion of absolute rights, subsidiarity, formal and substantive principles, evidentiary standards, proceduralisation of substantive rights et cetera The author coins the term of “primarity” in order to clarify the obligation of the Contracting Parties to implement the Convention in domestic law.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Christoffersen -- Chapter 1. Introduction / J. Christoffersen -- Chapter 2. The Principle Of Proportionality / J. Christoffersen -- Chapter 3. The Principle Of Subsidiarity / J. Christoffersen -- Chapter 4. The Principle Of Primarity (Formal Aspect) / J. Christoffersen -- Chapter 5. The Principle Of Primarity (Substantive Aspect) / J. Christoffersen -- Bibliography / J. Christoffersen -- Index Of Cases / J. Christoffersen -- International Studies In Human Rights / J. Christoffersen.