Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Antonov M., Starzhenetsky V., Malksoo L., Benedek W.

Under the general editorship: L. Malksoo, W. Benedek

Why has there been a human rights backlash in Russia despite the country having been part of the European human rights protection system since the late 1990s? To what extent does Russia implement judgments of the Strasbourg Court, and to what extent does it resist the implementation? This fascinating study investigates Russia's turbulent relationship with the European Court of Human Rights and examines whether the Strasbourg court has indeed had the effect of increasing the protection of human rights in Russia. Researchers and scholars of law and political science with a particular interest in human rights and Russia will benefit from this in-depth exploration of the background of this subject.

Chapters

Property rights in Russia: reconsidering the socialist legal tradition

Starzhenetsky V., , in: Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect.: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. P. 295–325.

Our research shows that ECHR protection of property rights standards in general may be regarded as “legal transplant” for the Russian law. The broad concept of “property”, requirements of proportionality and balance of public and private interests, rule of law prescriptions that form the core elements of property rights protection under the ECHR were mostly ...

Added: November 24, 2017

Philosophy behind human rights: Valery Zorkin vs. the West?

Antonov M., , in: Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect.: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. P. 150–187.

Not only Russia but also other countries are affected by the globalization that threatens, metaphorically speaking, to sweep away not only inter- state frontiers but also states themselves. Transnational and international legal regulation makes state legal systems step back in a number of important fields: along with human rights law, one could also mentionius mercatoria, environmental ...

Added: December 15, 2017

Keywords: human rights, European Court for Human Rights, Implementation of ECHR