Brill Europe of Rights: A Compendium on the European Convention of Human Rights

This book is a systematic commentary on half a century of case law on the Convention system made by a group of legal experts from various universities and legal disciplines. It provides a guide of the rights protected under ECHR as well as a better understanding, open to supranational scenarios, of fundamental rights in the respective Constitutions. Our intention is not only to make available a mere case law commentary. This work indeed offers succinct information on the most consolidated lines of case law and this is probably where it is most useful. Nevertheless there is also academic reflection, which we believe is nowadays essential as Europe is becoming more than a continent: it is, above all, a civilisation, with a common language of rights, a developing ius commune. About the Author J. García Roca, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University Complutense (Madrid), has directed three R&D projects on the ECHR and written a monograph on the margin of national appreciation. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law. Pablo Santolaya, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Alcalá, Vice-President of the Association of Constitutionalists from Spain and Member of the Central Electoral Commission. He works occasionally as a Consultant for United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Organization of American States.