EU Law and European System of Human Rights Protection

4. EU Law. What is the EU Law and Where are the HR placed? - 14 October 2024

How and why did the uneasy relationship start and develop?
Explaining the structural elements of the relationship.
Introducing the legal base.
Contrasting approaches of political science and law.
 

Readings:

·       WEILER Joseph H.H. (1991). “The Transformation of Europe.” The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 8, pp. 2403-2483. (81 pages)

Weiler transformation of europe

Alternatively, you can select one of the following papers that analyse effects of ECtHR composition/procedural rules on the decision-making activity. We will dedicate the first potion of the class to legitimacy crisis of ECtHR, and then selection of its judges.

·       STIANSEN, Øyvind (2022). “(Non)renewable Terms and Judicial Independence in the European Court of Human Rights." The Journal of Politics, Vol. 84, No. 2.

Stiansen 2022 non renewable terms and judicial independence in the european court of human rights

·       NAURIN, Daniel and TIANSEN, Øyvind (2020). “The Dilemma of Dissent: Split Judicial Decisions and Compliance With Judgments From the International Human Rights Judiciary." Comparative Political Studies 2020, Vol. 53(6) 959 –991.

Naurin stiansen 2019 the dilemma of dissent split judicial decisions and compliance with judgments from the

Other recommendations:

  • Stiansen, Øyvind, and Erik Voeten. "Backlash and judicial restraint: Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights." International Studies Quarterly 64.4 (2020): 770-784,   https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa047
  • Pavone, Tommaso, and Øyvind Stiansen. "The shadow effect of courts: Judicial review and the politics of preemptive reform." American Political Science Review 116.1 (2022): 322-336, https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/8200C801ACCC37057FC153B394C87015/S0003055421000873a.pdf/div-class-title-the-shadow-effect-of-courts-judicial-review-and-the-politics-of-preemptive-reform-div.pdf
  • Stiansen, Ø. (2021) ‘Directing Compliance? Remedial Approach and Compliance with European Court of Human Rights Judgments’, British Journal of Political Science, 51(2), pp. 899–907. doi:10.1017/S0007123419000292.
  • Stiansen, Ø. (2019). Delayed but not derailed: legislative compliance with European Court of Human Rights judgments. The International Journal of Human Rights, 23(8), 1221–1247. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2019.1593153


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