| Personal Freedom Through Human Rights Law?: Autonomy, Identity and Integrity Under the European Convention on Human Rights Contributor(s): Marshall (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004170596 ISBN-13: 9789004170599 Publisher: Brill Nijhoff OUR PRICE: $145.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: By analysing the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence and philosophical debates on personal autonomy, identity and integrity, the book offers a critical analysis of the possibility of different versions of personal freedom emerging in the case law which may restrict rather than enhance personal freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | Human Rights - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 341.48 |
| LCCN: 2008033135 |
| Series: International Studies in Human Rights |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (1.15 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides a right to respect for one's private life. The European Court of Human Rights has interpreted this provision broadly to include a right to personal autonomy, identity and integrity. The book examines these concepts by interconnecting case law from the Court with the philosophical debates, including those in feminism, in four parts: (1) personal freedom and human rights law (2) privacy and personal autonomy (3) personal identity (4) bodily and moral integrity. The author notes, through her analysis of the Court's case law, that different versions of freedom are evident in the jurisprudence, including one which may restrict human freedom rather than enhance it through human rights law. This book will be invaluable to scholars of the Court, human rights and issues of the self. |