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Author Letsas, George.

Title A theory of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights / George Letsas
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description xviii, 145 pages ; 24 cm
Series Oxford scholarship online. net
Contents Human rights, legality, and the ECHR -- Autonomous concepts, conventionalism, and judicial discretion -- Intentionalism, textualism, and evolutive interpretation -- Two concepts of the margin of appreciation -- Liberal principles of human rights interpretation -- Public morals, consensus, and rights inflation : a critique
Summary This study of the European Convention on Human Rights aims at propounding an evaluative theory of interpretation for the Convention, and seeks to locate interpretive values within the history of the ECHR by surveying and analysing relevant judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-136) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
SUBJECT Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043274
Subject Human rights -- Europe -- Interpretation and construction.
Human rights -- Europe.
LC no. 2007035284
ISBN 0199203431 (hbk.)
9780199203437 (hbk.)
ABBREV TI THEORY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS