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Informationen zum Autor Ed Bates is a lecturer in law at the University of Southampton. He is a co-author of the second edition of Harris, O'Boyle and Warbrick's Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (forthcoming, 2009) and has written a number of articles in the field of human rights law, including recent publications in International Comparative Law Quarterly and the British Year Book of International Law. Klappentext The European Convention on Human Rights is probably the most effective system of international human rights control created. This book examines the story of the evolution of the Convention over its first 50 years. It explains how the Convention system grew up and how it came to exert such an important influence on the States which subscribe to it. Zusammenfassung The European Convention on Human Rights is probably the most effective system of international human rights control created. This book examines the story of the evolution of the Convention over its first 50 years. It explains how the Convention system grew up and how it came to exert such an important influence on the States which subscribe to it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; 2: The beginning of international human rights law in modern times; 3: Proposals for a Convention to safeguard Europe from tyranny and oppression; 4: The drafting of the Convention by the governments of the Council of Europe; 5: The first steps for the collective enforcement of the UDHR; 6: An overview of the Convention's evolution (i): A difficult infancy (1955-1974); 7: An overview of the Convention's evolution (ii): After 1975 - the emergence of the European Bill of Rights; 8: The European Commission of Human Rights; 9: The European Court of Human Rights and its key case law 1974-1980; 10: The United Kingdom and the European Convention; 11: The coming of age of the European Convention; 12: Conclusions; Appendices; A: Key dates; B: Key cases concluded by 1974; C: Key cases after 1975 ...
