A Europe of rights : the impact of the ECHR on national legal systems

This title examines the process through which the European Convention on Human Rights, along with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, has been interpreted and applied in the Member States, and how this has impacted upon their domestic legal orders. Contents Acknowledgments i Contributors iv Note on Style and Citations v Table of Cases vi I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Reception of the ECHR in National Legal Orders 3 Alec Stone Sweet and Helen Keller II. NATIONAL REPORTS 2. The Reception Process in Ireland and the United Kingdom 31 Samantha Besson 3. The Reception Process in France and Germany 107 Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad and Anne Weber 4. The Reception Process in Sweden and Norway 165 Ola Wiklund 5. The Reception Process in the Netherlands and Belgium 229 Erika de Wet 6. The Reception Process in Austria and Switzerland 311 Daniela Thurnherr 7. The Reception Process in Spain and Italy 393 Mercedes Candela Soriano 8. The Reception Process in Greece and Turkey 451 İbrahim Özden Kaboğlu and Stylianos-Ioannis G. Koutnatzis 9. The Reception Process in Poland and Slovakia 531 Magda Krzyżanowska-Mierzewska 10. The Reception Process in Russia and Ukraine 603 Angelika Nußberger III. ASSESSMENT 11. Assessing the Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems 677 Helen Keller and Alec Stone Sweet APPENDIX Overview of the Activity of the European Court of Human Rights 713 Index 843