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Record Nr.

UNINA9910520102903321

Autore

Heri Corina

Titolo

Responsive Human Rights : vulnerability, ill-treatment and the ecthr / / Corina Heri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Hart Publishing, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Collana

Modern studies in European law, ; ; 106

Disciplina

342

Soggetti

International law

Human rights - Europe

Constitutional law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Who is a vulnerable person in human rights law? This important book assesses the treatment of vulnerability by the European Court of Human Rights, an area that has been surprisingly under explored by European human rights law to date. It explores legal-philosophical understandings of the topic, providing a theoretical framework that can be used when examining the question. Not confining itself to the abstract, however, it provides a bridge from the theoretical to the practical by undertaking a comprehensive examination of the Court's approach under art. 3 ECHR. It also pays particular attention to the concept of human dignity. Well written and compellingly argued, this is an important new book for all scholars of European human rights"--