{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights-hardback-9780813539836","title":"A People's History of the European Court of Human Rights (Hardback) 9780813539836","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA People's History of the European Court of Human Rights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Goldhaber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813539836\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 April 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e215 pages, 12 images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA gripping account of the stories behind the cases that have made European human rights jurisprudence the force for moral good that it is today.\u003c\/div\u003e - Conor Gearty (director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics) \u003cdiv\u003eA one-of-a kind account of Strasbourg law.\u003c\/div\u003e - Mark Janis (William F. Starr Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law) \u003cdiv\u003eWe in the United States, who have watched the deterioration of constitutional rights in the absence of strong judicial oversight, can learn from the remarkable example of the European Court of Human Rights in this wonderful book.\u003c\/div\u003e - Howard Zinn \u003cdiv\u003eA wonderfully written and researched book that celebrates Europe's achievements in defending human rights through the stories of the victims who took their complaints to the European Court of Human Rights.\u003c\/div\u003e - Professor Kevin Boyle (Human Rights Centre, University of Essex) \u003cdiv\u003eApart from the legal issues, the stories of lives shattered by torturers are compelling and poignant . . . [G]eneral readers will be rewarded by its lively content and readability. Highly recommended.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003eIf you haven't come across this book, all the stories behind the cases are here. It is often funny and always moving, written in a light style that celebrates all those that made the Strasbourg caselaw.\u003c\/div\u003e - Jonathan Cooper (European Human Rights Law Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exceptionality of America’s Supreme Court has long been conventional wisdom. But the United States Supreme Court is no longer the only one changing the landscape of public rights and values. Over the past thirty years, the European Court of Human Rights has developed an ambitious, American-style body of law. Unheralded by the mass press, this obscure tribunal in Strasbourg, France has become, in many ways, the Supreme Court of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Goldhaber introduces American audiences to the judicial arm of the Council of Europe-a group distinct from the European Union, and much larger-whose mission is centered on interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights. The Council routinely confronts nations over their most culturally-sensitive, hot-button issues. It has stared down France on the issue of Muslim immigration; Ireland on abortion; Greece on Greek Orthodoxy; Turkey on Kurdish separatism; Austria on Nazism; and Britain on gay rights and corporal punishment. And what is most extraordinary is that nations commonly comply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the battle for the world’s conscience, Goldhaber shows how the court in Strasbourg may be pulling ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Expanding Ambit of Personal Life\u003cbr\u003e 1. Why Bastard?\u003cbr\u003e 2. When Irish Eyes Are Crying\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gay in a Time of Troubles\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dudgeon's Children\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Greening of Europe?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dumb Immigrants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Rights of Expression\u003cbr\u003e 7. Minos and Jehovah\u003cbr\u003e 8. Recovered Memories\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mohammed Comes to Strasbourg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. State Violence\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Death Penalty, Mutilation, and the Whip\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Original Hooded Men\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Tortures of Aksoy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Two Faces of Kurdish Feminism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Challenges for the Future\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Chechen Challenge\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Roma Challenge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Concluding Thoughts\u003cbr\u003e 16. A Constitutional Identity for Europe\u003cbr\u003e 17. Human Rights in Europe and America \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559285551384,"sku":"9780813539836","price":85.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights-hardback-9780813539836","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}