Jacobs, White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights

Informationen zum Autor Bernadette Rainey is Lecturer in Law at Cardiff Law School! Cardiff University.Elizabeth Wicks is Professor of Human Rights Law at the School of Law! University of Leicester.Clare Ovey is Head of Division at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights! Strasbourg. Klappentext Explores the key principles underpinning the decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights! and provides a guide to the pivotal cases in each area. Zusammenfassung Over fifty years after its founding! the European Court of Human Rights has dispensed more than 16!000 judgments and affects the lives of over 820 million people. The sixth edition of Jacobs! White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights is a clear and concise companion to this increasingly important and extensive area of the law.Examining each of the Convention rights in turn! the text lays out the key principles relevant to both students and practitioners. Cutting through the ever-expanding web of cases! authors take you to the pivotal cases in each area and examine the principles that underpin the Court's decisions. A focus on the European Convention itself! rather than its implementation in any one member state! makes Jacobs! White & Ovey essential reading for all those interested in the work of theStrasbourg Court.Online Resource CentreThe text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre that features updates on cases and legislation since publication as well as links to useful websites and further reading on the European Convention.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Ovey, Bernadette Rainey, Bernadette Wicks Rainey, Elizabeth Wicks
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2014
• EAN: 9780199655083
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965508-3
• No. of pages: 728
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Europarecht, EU-Recht