A Europe of Rights: The Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems

This book compares the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the domestic law and politics of eighteen States: Ireland-UK; France-Germany, Italy-Spain, Belgium-Netherlands, Norway-Sweden, Greece-Turkey, Russia-Ukraine, Poland-Slovakia, and Austria-Switzerland. As the ECHR has evolved, many States have decided to "incorporate" the Convention directly into their own legal systems, often with disruptive and transformative effects. Today, the ECHR has a significant presence in national law and politics across Europe, altering how State officials - including governments, legislatures, and courts - make law and policy. Convention on Human Rights, and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, has been interpreted and applied in the Member States, and how it has impacted upon their domestic legal orders.