TY - GEN T1 - Shaping rights in the ECHR : the role of the European Court of Human Rights in determining the scope of human rights A2 - Brems, Eva A2 - Gerards, Janneke LA - English PP - New York PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn868068424 AB - "In fundamental rights adjudication, a court first has to determine whether the interest at stake falls within the scope of the fundamental right invoked. Whether or not an individual interest falls within the scope or ambit of one of the fundamental rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights determines whether or not the European Court of Human Rights can decide on the merits of a case. This volume brings together a variety of legal scholars in order to examine the scope of fundamental rights. Topics range from the nature of human rights and the real or imagined risk of rights inflation to theories of positive obligations and social and economic rights. It contains contributions of a theoretical nature as well as analytical overviews of the ECtHR's approach. In addition, comparisons are made with domestic, EU and international law"-- AB - "In fundamental rights adjudication, a court first has to determine whether the interest at stake falls within the scope of the fundamental right invoked. Whether or not an individual interest falls within the scope or ambit of one of the fundamental rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights determines whether or not the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) can decide on the merits of a case. This volume brings a variety of legal scholars together to examine the scope of fundamental rights. Topics range from the nature of human rights and the real or imagined risk of rights inflation to theories of positive obligations and social and economic rights. It contains contributions of a theoretical nature as well as analytical overviews of the ECtHR's approach. In addition, comparisons are made with domestic, EU and international law"-- OP - 367 CN - KJC5138 .S53 2013eb SN - 9781107732155 SN - 1107732158 SN - 9781107337923 SN - 1107337925 SN - 1107721024 SN - 9781107721029 SN - 1139894900 SN - 9781139894906 SN - 1107728045 SN - 9781107728042 SN - 1107730406 SN - 9781107730403 SN - 1107728649 SN - 9781107728646 SN - 1107724031 SN - 9781107724037 SN - 1107618371 SN - 9781107618374 SN - 9781107043220 SN - 1107043220 KW - European Court of Human Rights. KW - European Court of Human Rights KW - Human rights : Europe. KW - Civil rights : Europe. KW - Human rights. KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) : Europe. KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) KW - Droits de l'homme : Europe : LeĢgislation. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Freedom & Security : Human Rights. KW - LAW : International. KW - Civil rights KW - Human rights KW - Europe KW - European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Rome, 4 November 1950) KW - Development of law. KW - Case-law. ER -