The emergence of the European human rights law : an essay on judicial creativity / Dragoljub Popović.
2011
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Title
The emergence of the European human rights law : an essay on judicial creativity / Dragoljub Popović.
Published
Den Haag : Eleven International Pub., [2011]
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Portland, OR : Sold and distributed in the USA and Canada [by] International Specialized Book Services
Copyright
©2011
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KJC5132 .P674 2011
ISBN
9789490947132 (hbk. : alk. paper)
949094713X (hbk. : alk. paper)
949094713X (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
247 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)719415617
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations
11
Preface
13
Foreword
15
pt. 1
Judicial Creativity
Introduction
21
I.
Concept Disputed and Defined
23
1.1.
There is No Judicial Creativity
23
1.2.
There Should Be no Judicial Creativity
26
1.3.
There Must Be Some Judicial Creativity
28
1.4.
The Concept of Judicial Creativity Defined
31
1.4.1.
General Approach
31
1.4.2.
An Old Myth
31
1.4.3.
Stages in the Operation of the Law
32
1.4.4.
Interpretation as Part of the Legal Rule
34
1.4.5.
The Notion of Judicial Creativity
38
II.
Judicial Creativity and the Protection of Human Rights in Europe
45
2.1.
The International Character of the European Court of Human Rights
45
2.1.1.
The Mechanism of Protection of Human Rights in Europe
45
2.1.2.
The Composition of the Court
46
2.2.
The Convention's Provisions as Foundations of the Court's Creativity
47
2.2.1.
Abstract Concepts
47
2.2.2.
Interpreting the Convention as a Whole
49
2.3.
Dialogue of Jurisdictions
51
2.3.1.
Radiating Influence
51
2.3.2.
The Horizontal Level of Dialogue
52
2.3.3.
Receiving Influences
52
2.3.4.
Enhancing Creativity
55
Conclusion of Part One
57
pt. 2
The Binding Force of Precedent
Introduction
61
III.
The Role of Precedent in the Court's Jurisprudence
65
3.1.
Absence of Stare Decisis Doctrine
65
3.2.
Court's Principal Position
66
3.2.1.
Approach to the Problem
66
3.2.2.
Earlier Stages of Evolution
67
3.2.3.
A Comparison
70
3.2.4.
Further Developments
72
IV.
Following Precedents
77
4.1.
The Court's Technique
77
4.2.
Following Goc
78
4.3.
Following Burdov
80
4.4.
Following Scordino
82
4.5.
Following Salduz
84
4.6.
Following Turgut
87
V.
Overruling Precedents
91
5.1.
The Court's Attitude on the Reversal of Jurisprudence
91
5.2.
From Delcourt to Borgers
92
5.3.
From Pellegrin to Eskelinen
94
5.4.
From Frette to E.B. v. France
98
5.5.
From Achour to Scoppola
102
5.6.
From Papamichalopoulos to Guiso-Gallisay
106
Conclusion of Part Two
111
pt. 3
Interpreting the Convention and Evolving Remedies
Introduction
115
VI.
Interpreting the Convention
117
6.1.
Legal Grounds
117
6.2.
Techniques of Interpretation Enhancing Legal Developments
117
6.2.1.
Autonomous Concepts
117
6.2.2.
Evolutive Interpretation
122
6.2.3.
Innovative Interpretation
125
6.2.4.
Interpretation Contrary to the Drafters' Intentions
128
6.3.
Techniques of Interpretation Restraining the Court's Creativity
131
6.3.1.
The Doctrine of the Margin of Appreciation
131
6.3.2.
The Doctrine of the Fourth Instance
135
6.3.3.
Absence of Significant Disadvantage
137
6.3.4.
Overview of the Court's Power to Interpret the Convention
140
VII.
The Court's Remedies
141
7.1.
The Notion of Remedies
141
7.2.
Legal Grounds
142
7.3.
Just Satisfaction
143
7.4.
Measures of Redress
144
7.5.
Overall Obligation of Restitution
145
VIII.
Recommending Measures of Redress
149
8.1.
The Court's Power to Recommend
149
8.2.
Recommending Individual Measures of Redress
149
8.3.
Recommending General Measures of Redress
152
8.4.
The Court's Scrutiny of Measures of Redress
159
IX.
Prescribing Measures of Redress
163
9.1.
The Court's Power to Prescribe
163
9.2.
Prescribing Individual Measures of Redress
163
9.3.
Prescribing General Measures of Redress
167
9.4.
Expanding Pilot Judgments
171
Conclusion of Part Three
179
pt. 4
Redefining the Fundamental Approach to the Protection of Human Rights
Introduction
183
X.
A General Approach to the Concept of State Obligations
187
10.1.
A Threefold Typology
187
10.2.
Positive and Negative Obligations
188
10.3.
Types of Positive Obligations
189
10.3.1.
Procedural and Substantive Obligations
190
10.3.2.
Express and Implied Obligations
192
10.4.
Origins of Positive Obligations
194
XI.
The Rise of Positive Obligations
197
11.1.
Addressing the Issue
197
11.2.
Outstanding Examples of State Positive Obligations in Respect of Guaranteed Rights
198
11.2.1.
Difficulty to Systemise
198
11.2.2.
Duty to Protect and to Investigate (Article 2 of the Convention)
198
11.2.3.
From Prohibiting Torture to Introducing Safeguards (Article 3 of the Convention)
206
11.2.4.
Positive Obligations in Respect of Length of Proceedings (Article 6)
215
11.2.5.
From the Protection of the Home to the Protection of the Environment (Article 8)
217
11.2.6.
From Restraining from Interference with Property to the Protection of Property (Article 1 First Protocol)
221
Conclusion of Part Four
229
Overall Concluding Remarks
231
Bibliography
233
Index
241
Table of Cases
243