A Constitutionalist Approach to the European Convention on Human Rights: The Legitimacy of Evolutive and Static Interpretation

Author:   Lisa Sonnleitner (Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria) ,  Charles Barzun (University of Virginia USA) ,  Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University) ,  Matthias Klatt (University of Graz Austria)
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9781509946914


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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A Constitutionalist Approach to the European Convention on Human Rights: The Legitimacy of Evolutive and Static Interpretation


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This book presents a new constitutional argument for the legitimacy of evolutive interpretation of the ECHR. It constructs a model, in which evolutive and static constitutional principles are balanced with each other. The author argues that there are three possible interpretive approaches in time-sensitive interpretations of the ECHR, but that only one of them is justifiable by reference to the constitutional principles of the ECHR in every single case. The ECHR’s constitutional principles either require an evolutive or static interpretation or they do not establish a preference relation at all, which leads to a margin of appreciation of the member states in the interpretation of the Convention. The balancing model requires the determination of the weights of the competing evolutive and static constitutional principles. For this purpose, the author defines weighting factors for determining the importance of evolutive or static interpretation in a concrete case.

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Author:   Lisa Sonnleitner (Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria) ,  Charles Barzun (University of Virginia USA) ,  Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University) ,  Matthias Klatt (University of Graz Austria)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781509946914


ISBN 10:   1509946918
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART I FUNDAMENTALS 1. On the Concepts of Law and Human Rights I. The Dual Nature of Law II. The Concept of Human Rights 2. A New Concept of Evolutive and Static Interpretation I. Evolutive Interpretation Within a Normative Theory of Interpretation II. Evolutive Interpretation as an Element of the Time Dimension of Interpretation III. Static Interpretation as the Parameter for Evolutive Interpretation 3. The Legitimacy of Evolutive Interpretation Revisited I. Evolutive Interpretation and the ECHR II. Evolutive Interpretation and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties III. Evolutive Interpretation and General Principles of International Law 4. The Criticism against Evolutive Interpretation Revisited I. Democratic Legitimacy of Evolutive Interpretation II. Sovereignty III. Rule of Law PART II THE ECHR CONSTITUTION 5. The Argument of Constitutionalism I. Constitutionalism in the International Realm II. Cosmopolitan Constitutionalism III. Deliberative or Discursive Constitutionalism 6. The Constitutional Nature of the ECHR I. The Constitutional Status of the ECHR’s Judicial Review Mechanism II. Locating the ECHR in the International Constitutionalism Debate 7. Three Basic Constitutional Principles of the ECHR I. The Three Pillars of the Council of Europe as Constitutional Principles II. The Ideal and Real Dimension in the ECHR III. Time Dimension of Interpretation and the Dual Nature of the ECHR PART III BALANCED LEGITIMACY MODEL 8. Setting the Scene for Balancing at the Interpretation Stage I. The Distinction between Rules and Principles II. Connecting Static and Evolutive Interpretation to Formal and Material Principles III. Balancing in the Different Stages of Law Application IV. Balancing of Interpretive Canons 9. The Balancing Model for Evolutive and Static Interpretation I. Basic Ideas on the Balancing Model II. Critical Aspects of Balancing in Human Rights Interpretation III. Internal Structure of the Balancing Model IV. Weight Formula 10. External Justification I. How to Accord Weights in the ECHR? II. Weighting Rules in the Time Dimension of Interpretation III. The Epistemic Reliability of the Underlying Premises PART IV THE BALANCED LEGITIMACY MODEL APPLIED 11. The Right to Divorce I. Facts of the Case II. Time Dimension of Interpretation III. The ECtHR’s Reasoning IV. The Balancing of Static and Evolutive Interpretation V. The Legitimacy of the Evolutive Approach to Interpretation 12. The Right to Assisted Suicide I. Facts of the Case II. Time Dimension of Interpretation III. The ECtHR’s Reasoning IV. The Balancing of Static and Evolutive Interpretation V. The Legitimacy of the Static Approach to Interpretation 13. The Right to Preservation of the Environment I. Facts of the Case II. Time Dimension of Interpretation III. The ECtHR’s Reasoning IV. The Balancing of Static and Evolutive Interpretation V. A Stalemate Case

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Lisa Sonnleitner is Lecturer of Jurisprudence at Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria.

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