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Between forbearance and audacity : the European Court of Human Rights and the norm against torture / Ezgi Yildiz (California State University, Long Beach)
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Studies on international courts and tribunalsPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 249 pages)ISBN:- 9781009103862
- 345/.406 23/eng/20231120
- KJC9400.5.T67
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Summary: "Through legal and social science-based analyses, this book explains why international courts underutilize their power and traces how this impacts international norms. Using the norm against torture and inhumane or degrading treatment as an example, it systematically analyses judgements from the European Court of Human Rights, 1967-2016"--PPN: PPN: 191624548XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
The court redefines torture in Europe -- The conditions for audacity -- Inside the court : its trade-offs and zone of discretion -- Mapping out norm change -- From compromise to absolutism? Gradual transformation under the old court's watch -- New court, new thresholds, new obligations -- Change unopposed : the court's embrace of positive obligations -- Legal change in times of backlash.
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