Presents a critical evaluation of a controversial interpretative tool the ECtHR uses to answer morally/politically sensitive human rights questions.

This book explores the language of judges. It is concerned with understanding how language works in judicial contexts. Using a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives, it looks in detail at the ways in which judicial discourse is argued, constructed, interpreted and perceived. Focusing on four central themes - constructing judicial discourse and judicial identities, judicial argumentation and evaluative language, judicial interpretation, and clarity in judicial discourse - the book’s ultimate goal is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of current critical issues of the role of language in judicial settings. Contributors include legal linguists, lawyers, legal scholars, legal practitioners, legal translators and anthropologists, who explore patterns of linguistic organisation and use in judicial institutions and analyse language as an instrument for understanding both the judicial decision-making process and its outcome. The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars in legal linguistics and those specialising in judicial argumentation and reasoning ,and forensic linguists interested in the use of language in judicial settings.

The European Court of Human Rights, by Angelika Nussberger is the first title in a new series, The Elements of International Law. Providing a fresh, objective, and non-argumentative approach to the discipline of international law, this series is an accessible go-to source for practicing international lawyers, judges and arbitrators, government and military officers, scholars, teachers, and students. In this volume, Professor Nussberger explores the Court's uniqueness as an international adjudicatory body in the light of its history, structure, and procedure, as well as its key doctrines and case law. This book also shows the role played by the Court in the development of modern international law and human rights law. Tracing the history of the Court from its political context in the 1940s to the present day, Nussberger engages with pressing questions about its origins and internal workings. What was the best model for such an international organization? How should it evolve within more and more diverse legal cultures? How does a case move among different decision-making bodies? These questions help frame the six parts of the book, whilst the final section reflects on the past successes and failures of the Court, shedding light on possible future directions.

Master's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin, course: Doppelmaster FU/HU/UP - Sciences Po Paris, 126 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This Master thesis in the field of International Relations deals with the emergence of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and its institutional ties with the North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), as defined in the so-called Berlin Plus Agreements. Between European autonomisation and US control through NATO, the thesis explores the conditions of ESDP's formation in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In doing so, it refers to changes in the international system, domestic developments and institutional design; it concludes that ESDP will probably continue on the path of autonomisation, given the circumvention of Berlin Plus and NATO in later missions, and given differing European and US interests in a changing world.

Politics of Negotiation: America's Dealings with Allies, Adversaries, and Friends

The European Commission published a White Paper on 'European governance' (ISBN 9289410612) in November 2001 containing recommendations to enhance democracy in Europe, promote public involvement and increase the legitimacy of EU institutions. In order to provide background information on the drafting of the White Paper, this publication contains 12 preparatory reports produced by a number of working groups set up to discuss the following aspects of the White Paper: broadening and enriching the public debate on European matters; the process of producing and implementing Community rules; exercising executive responsibilities; networking in Europe; the EU's contribution to improving world governance; and policies for an enlarged EU.