European Court of Human Rights and Constitutional Courts

Dr. Marco Antonio Simonelli is Assistant Professor with a tenure-track in Constitutional Law at the Department of Political Science, Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law at the University of Barcelona. Marco's research focuses on European constitutional law and in particular on the role of judges and counter-majoritarian institutions as rule of law components. He holds a PhD in comparative constitutional law from the University of Siena, an LLM in European Law from the University of Leiden, and a law degree from the University of Pisa.

• Introduction.- The Relationship between Strasbourg and Constitutional Courts. Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects.- The ECtHR and Constitutional Courts of Consolidated Western Democracies.- The Constitutional Courts of New Democracies.- The ECtHR and National Constitutional Courts. Horizontal and Vertical Interactions.- Concluding Remarks.