This seminal text offers a comprehensive account of the case law of the ECHR and its underlying principles. It provides a guide to decisions under the Convention and its protocols, article by article, as well as explaining the history and likely development of the law.

Part I: The European Convention on Human Rights in Context 1: The European Convention on Human Rights in context Part II: Enforcement Machinery 2: Admissibility of applications 3: The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure 4: The execution of the Court's judgments Part III: The Rights Guaranteed 5: Article 2: The right to life 6: Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 7: Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour 8: Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person 9: Article 6: The right to a fair trial 10: Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment 11: Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence 12: Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion 13: Article 10: Freedom of expression 14: Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association 15: Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family 16: Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy 17: Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law') 18: Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation 19: Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights 20: Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property 21: Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education 22: Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections 23: The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols

Critically examines the substantive content of each of the basic rights of the Convention and successive Protocols, as well as explaining the history and likely development of the law Sets the Convention in its international context by examining its relationship with national and European Union law Fully explores the extent of the Convention's influence on the legal development of the contracting states, and reveals exactly how such a powerful authority has been achieved and maintained Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support