Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights

This book provides a socio-legal study of how the decisions of the Court have helped shape the lives of homosexual men and women. The author provides a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention on Human Rights.

List of contents

Table of cases. Preface  Introduction. PART 1: MAKING THE HOMOSEXUAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1. Emerging voices: homosexuality and the Commission 1955-1980. 2. An ontological struggle: the Court and the homosexual since 1981. PART 2: METHODS AND MORALS 3. Homosexuality in the judicial laboratory: instruments, interpretations, and evolutions. PART 3: EXISTING JURISPRUDENCE AND POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 4. 'An essentially private manifestation of the human personality': the limitations of Article 8. 5. The anti-discrimination provisions of the Convention: Article 14 and Protocol 12. 6. A right to marriage? Same-sex relationships and Article 12. 7. Expression, Assembly and Association: Articles 10 and 11. 8. Humiliation and debasement: degrading treatment and Article 3 Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendix 1: European Convention on Human Rights (truncated). Appendix 2: Chronological list of Decisions and Judgments of the Strasbourg organs in respect of homosexuality. Index    

About the author

Paul Johnson is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.

Summary

This book provides a socio-legal study of how the decisions of the Court have helped shape the lives of homosexual men and women. The author provides a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Johnson, Paul (John Radcliffe Hospital Johnson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2014
• EAN: 9780415632638
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63263-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Sociology, LAW / General, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, Social Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law and society, gender issues, Social law and Medical law