András Sajó is Justice at the European Court of Human Rights and University Professor, Central European University, Budapest. He lives in Strasbourg, France.

"A remarkable and provocative treatise ; it breaks through the boundaries of classical legal scholarship. Andras Sajo’s impressive cross-disciplinary work maps out an exciting new frontier in understanding and theorising about fundamental human rights. It also reminds us, long after Hobbes, that passions are of a crucial importance for institutions.”—Jean-Paul Costa, President, European Court of Human rights