The Council of Europe : monitoring procedures and the constitutional autonomy of the member states : a European law study, based upon documents and commentaries, illustrated by the Council of Europe's actions against the constitutional reform in Liechtens

Over 10 years ago, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly took on the special task of monitoring the new Eastern member states for their adherence to the commitments they had entered into. Liechtenstein’s constitutional reform prompted the Assembly to try to extend its monitoring to the elder member states as well. The attempt at monitoring – not comprised within the charter – eventually ended in a dialogue. This study examines in depth the Council of Europe’s legal bases, organisation and duties in this regard, basing the work on the charter and a multitude of the Council’s legal acts and documents. The assessment provides informative, penetrating insight into the tensions of law and reality, finely elucidating the antagonism of the states’ international law and sovereignty, and yielding a rich source of reading for everyone interested in politics, international law, European law and state law. Front Matter....Pages I-XV The Council of Europe and Liechtenstein....Pages 1-8 The Problem....Pages 8-34 Historical facts and data....Pages 34-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-68 The Opinion of the Venice Commission....Pages 69-182 The draft resolution of the Political Affairs Committee....Pages 182-270 The Monitoring Committee report....Pages 270-345 The concept of the Council of Europe....Pages 347-350 The Council of Europe’s statutory organs....Pages 350-360 The competences of the statutory organs....Pages 360-370 The Council of Europe’s legal bases....Pages 370-384 The institutional forms of documents....Pages 385-391 Monitoring in the Council of Europe....Pages 391-437 Council of Europe sanctions?....Pages 437-451 Competition of competences in the Council of Europe....Pages 451-460 The Council of Europe’s constitution and the constitutional reality....Pages 461-481 Perspectives of European Democracy....Pages 483-497 The Council of Europe’s Double Standards....Pages 497-508 Democratic Standards in the Council of Europe Documents....Pages 508-522 The Council of Europe in Change....Pages 522-542

Over 10 years ago, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly took on the special task of monitoring the new Eastern member states for their adherence to the commitments they had entered into. Liechtenstein’s constitutional reform prompted the Assembly to try to extend its monitoring to the elder member states as well. The attempt at monitoring – not comprised within the charter – eventually ended in a dialogue.

This study examines in depth the Council of Europe’s legal bases, organisation and duties in this regard, basing the work on the charter and a multitude of the Council’s legal acts and documents. The assessment provides informative, penetrating insight into the tensions of law and reality, finely elucidating the antagonism of the states’ international law and sovereignty, and yielding a rich source of reading for everyone interested in politics, international law, European law and state law.

"[This is] a European law study, based upon documents and commentaries, illustrated by the Council of Europe's actions against the constitutional reform in Liechtenstein."--T.p.