Informed Decision-Making: The Comparative Endeavours of the Strasbourg Court

Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 30/3, 272–298, 2012

Posted: 23 Sep 2012

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

The article explores the use of comparative surveys in judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It argues that the inclusion of a comparative survey serves an informational purpose that may increase the substantive legitimacy of ECtHR rulings. The article aims to provide a broad, however preliminary account of the use of comparative data by focusing on a number of pertinent doctrinal, methodological, and practical issues.

Keywords: European Court of Human Rights, comparative law, decision-making, European consensus

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin and Lukashevich, Vasily, Informed Decision-Making: The Comparative Endeavours of the Strasbourg Court (2012). Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 30/3, 272–298, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2150566

Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (Contact Author)

University of Liverpool ( email )

Brownlow Hill
Liverpool, L69 3BX
United Kingdom

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.liv.ac.uk/law/staff/kanstantsin-dzehtsiarou/

Vasily Lukashevich

Central European University ( email )

Nador utca 9
Budapest, H-1051
Hungary

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