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Procedural review is increasingly a means of deciding European fundamental rights cases; this book explores its practical potential and limitations.
List of contents
1. Introduction Janneke Gerards and Eva Brems; Part I. Foundations and Rationales for Procedural Review by Supranational Courts Deciding Fundamental Rights Cases: 2. The 'logics' of procedural-type review by the European Court of Human Rights Eva Brems; 3. The modest promise of 'procedural review' in fundamental rights cases Aruna Sathanapally; Part II. The (Potential) Value of Procedural Review for Supranational Courts Deciding Fundamental Rights Cases - Political Science Perspectives: 4. Evidence based lawmaking: influences, obstacles and the role of the European Court of Human Rights Patricia Popelier; 5. Responsiveness towards fundamental rights impacts in the preparation of EU legislation Fay Kartner and Anne Meuwese; Part III. Application of Procedural Review - Comparative Perspectives: 6. Procedural review by the European Court of Human Rights - a typology: 7. Procedural review by the European Court of Human Rights - view from the Court Angelika Nussberger; 8. Procedural fundamental rights review by the Court of Justice of the European Union Malu Beijer; 9. Procedural review in WTO law Isabelle Van Damme; 10. Process and substance in judicial review in the United Kingdom and at Strasbourg: proportionality, subsidiarity, complementarity? Roger Masterman.
About the author
Janneke Gerards is a Professor of Fundamental Rights Law at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on European fundamental rights, judicial review and constitutional law. She is also a deputy Judge in the Appeals Court of The Hague, a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Netherlands Advisory Council on International Affairs, and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.Eva Brems is a Professor of Human Rights Law at Universiteit Gent, Belgium. She has published widely in many areas of human rights law, in particular on the European Convention on Human Rights. She is a European Research Council Starting Grant Laureate and a member of the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law.
Summary
European suprational courts increasingly adjudicate not only on the substance but also on the quality of the procedure that has led to an infringement of fundamental rights. This book examines the nature of procedural review, as well as its practical potential and possible limitations.
