The European Court of Human Rights between Law and Politics - Softcover

Christoffersen, Jonas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199686440 ISBN 13: 9780199686445

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Leading scholars and practitioners cast new light on the substantial jurisprudence and ongoing political reform of the European Court of Human Rights. The analysis in this edited collection traces the development of the supranational European human rights system and provides original insights into the challenges facing the Court.

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About the Author

Jonas Christoffersen, Executive Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights,Mikael Rask Madsen, Professor of European Law and Integration, University of Copenhagen; Director, Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts)

Dr. jur. Jonas Christoffersen is Executive Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (Denmark's National Human Rights Institution). He was previously Assistant Professor in Human Rights Law at the University of Copenhagen, a temporary judge at the High Court of Eastern Denmark, and a clerk at the Supreme Court of Denmark. He is also an advocate admitted to the Danish Bar and the High Courts of Denmark.

Mikael Rask Madsen is Professor of European Law and Integration at the University of Copenhagen and Director of iCourts, the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts. He was formerly at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has been a visitor at numerous universities, including University of Strasbourg, Oxford University, and University of California at Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199686440
• ISBN 13: 9780199686445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278