UK and European Human Rights

Katja S Ziegler is Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law, Elizabeth Wicks is Professor of Human Rights Law and Loveday Hodson is Senior Lecturer in Law, all at the University of Leicester.

• Introduction1. The UK and European Human Rights: A Strained Relationship? Katja S Ziegler, Elizabeth Wicks and Loveday HodsonPart I: Compliance, Cooperation or Clash? The Relationship Between the UK and the ECHR/Strasbourg Court2. The Relationship Between the Strasbourg Court and the National Courts — As Seen from Strasbourg Paul Mahoney3. The Relationship Between the Strasbourg Court and the National Courts — As Seen from the UK Supreme Court The Rt Hon the Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore4. The UK and Strasbourg: A Strained Relationship — The Long View Ed Bates5. Reforming the European Court of Human Rights: The Impacts of Protocols 15 and 16 to the ECHR .Noreen O’Meara6. Should the English Courts under the HRA Mirror the Strasbourg Case Law? Richard Clayton7. Repeal the HRA and Rely on the Common Law? Brice Dickson8. The Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Judgments Against the UK: Unravelling the Paradox Alice DonaldPart II: Specific Issues of Conflict9. Voting Eligibility: Strasbourg’s Timidity Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler10. Enhanced Subsidiarity and a Dialogic Approach — Or Appeasement in Recent Cases on Criminal Justice, Public Order and Counter-Terrorism at Strasbourg Against the UK? Helen Fenwick11. Article 8 ECHR, the UK and Strasbourg: Compliance, Cooperation or Clash? A Judicial Perspective Mark Ockelton12. Application of the ECHR during International Armed Conflicts Clare OveyPart III: The Interplay of Human Rights in Europe: ECHR, EU and National Human Rights13. Fundamental Rights, Not Euroscepticism: Why the UK Should Embrace the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Sionaidh Douglas-Scott14. Of Tangled and Truthful Hierarchies: EU Accession to the ECHR and its Possible Impact on the UK’s Relationship with European Human Rights Paul Gragl15. An Austrian Ménage à Trois: The Convention, the Charter and the Constitution Andreas Th MüllerPart IV: Perspectives from Other Jurisdictions: Contrasts and Comparisons with the UK Experience16. Compliance with Strasbourg Court Rulings: A General Overview Luis López Guerra17. The ECHR in French Law: Status, Implementation and Debates Constance Grewe18. The European Court of Human Rights and the Italian Constitutional Court: No ‘Groovy Kind of Love’ Oreste Pollicino19. From Conflict to Cooperation: The Relationship Between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg Julia Rackow20. Russia’s Response to the European Court of Human Rights’ Systemic Findings: Words or Actions? Olga Chernishova21. The Russian Federation and the Strasbourg Court: The Illegitimacy of Sovereignty? Bill BowringPart V: The Role of the Media in Shaping the Relationship22. Public Watchdogs and Democratic Society: The Role of the Media and of the Strasbourg Court Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack23. ‘You Couldn’t Make It Up’ : Some Narratives of the Media’s Coverage of Human Rights’ David Mead24. Human Rights, the British Press and the Deserving Claimant Lieve GiesConclusions25. The UK and European Human Rights: Some Reflections Elizabeth Wicks, Katja S Ziegler and Loveday Hodson

The great merit of the book is that it is so multifaceted, going far beyond looking just at British politicians criticising the Strasbourg Court.