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This book is a comprehensive guide to European human rights law. It covers a wide range of rights, including the right to life, property, discrimination, religious freedom, and education. The book introduces both the process and the substance of human rights law in Europe, and it also provides a useful comparative framework alongside human rights cases decided by courts in other countries. The book has been extensively updated to cover the major developments of recent years, including the reform of the European Court of Human Rights and the expansion of human rights law to central and eastern Europe.
The third edition of
European Human Rights Law: Text and Materials has been substantially expanded to provide a complete review of the wide range of rights the Convention protects, with new chapters on the right to life, property, discrimination, religious freedom, and education. The book introduces both the process and the substance of this increasingly important area of European law. A broad selection of extracts from essential cases and materials is accompanied by stimulating commentary that guides the reader through the legal rules and court system that have evolved in Strasbourg, how the court works, and how European human rights law is enforced both at the national and international level. European human rights law is also placed into a useful comparative framework alongside human rights cases decided by courts in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. This third edition has been extensively updated to cover the major developments of recent years, including the reform of the European Court of Human Rights and the expansion of the system to central and eastern Europe.
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