Wiebe Hommes (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

The Convention and the Kingdom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From a slow start, the European Convention grew to be the one of the most influential treaties in history. Relevant for lawyers, historians and socio-legal scholars, this study breaks new ground as it uncovers new sources, actors and dimensions in the history of European human rights.

Produktdetails

• Law in Context
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9781009676816
• ISBN-10: 1009676814
• Artikelnr.: 73808561

Autorenporträt

Wiebe Hommes is Assistant Professor in European Law and Legal History at the University of Amsterdam. His research revolves around the history of human rights and European integration, as well as the role of individuals in the creation of (international) law.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 1945-1954 Constructing the moral basis for European integration
2. 1954-1962 The open beginning of the Convention
3. 1962-1968 From European rights to human rights
4: 1968-1979 European human rights in the age of activism
5. 1979-1989 The defining decade: How the Convention became 'mainstream'
6. 1989-2022 From permissive consensus to persistent critique.