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The first edition of Harris, O'Boyle and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights swiftly established itself as a seminal legal textbook. The eagerly awaited second edition builds on the great strengths of the first, and is an indispensible text for all undergraduates, postgraduates and practitioners. Its publication coincides with the 50th anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights, a major milestone in European legal history. An up-to-date and comprehensive account of Strasbourg case law and its underlying principles, this book facilitates an in-depth understanding of this fascinating area of law. It fully explores the extent of the Convention's influence upon the legal development of the contracting states, and reveals exactly how such a powerful authority has been achieved and maintained. It sets out and critically analyses each Convention article that constitutes the substantive guarantee, and examines the system of supervision. The Convention currently binds 47 European states, and its reach is set to expand even further. It has effectively become the constitutional bill of rights for Europe, providing common human rights standards for the whole continent. National parliaments and courts must constantly look to the Convention when legislating and deciding cases, or run the risk of adverse Strasbourg judgments with which they must then comply. For nearly all states, the Convention has been made directly enforceable in their national courts. For the remaining few, it offers a model for a national bill of rights. All of these considerations underline the immense value of the comprehensive account of the law of the Convention that this book provides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23672 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-12
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 914 pages

Customer Reviews

ECHR textbook
A complete study of ECtHR cases and conventional rights in Europe.
Recommended to students.

Compulsory reading on ECHR
This is a compulsory text book for my European Human Rights Law module. It was cheaper on Amazon than elsewhere. This is the second edition published in 2009 so should be a bit more up to date than the alternative text book that was suggested to us. Having only received it today it is too early to make a judgement on the contents other than to say that it appears to be well structured with a chapter dedicated to each of the Articles of the ECHR and its protocols. I also tend towards the idea that "two heads are better than one" and there are nine distinguished authors who have contributed to this book.

Reasonable study guide
Gives a good overview of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Articles are explained clearly. A reasonable study guide however lacked in depth analysis of judgements in places.