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Groene herfst geeft de tegenstelling aan tussen, aan de ene kant, de vooruitgang die de milieubescherming onmiskenbaar heeft geboekt en aan de andere kant de constatering dat er allerlei kwaliteiten van de aarde verloren zijn gegaan. Tellegen beschrijft hoe het hedendaagse milieubesef en het gebruik van de term 'milieu' in de huidige betekenis pas in de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw zijn ontstaan. Hij behandelt de uitzonderlijke toename van menselijke milieubelasting in de laatste eeuwen, schetst het succes en falen van het milieubeleid en de veranderingen in het denken over milieuvraagstukk

"Finance and human rights may be an unusual combination for a book theme, considering the apparent distance between both worlds. But appearances are deceiving: human rights law does impact the financial world, albeit in an indirect way. Just think about governmental measures such as financial embargoes, the regulation of the vulture funds or the many privacy rules with which financial institutions have to cope in their daily activities. Financial institutions are also confronted with the societal changes and new priorities which drive them to undertake their business in a more human rights-compliant way. This book attempts to provide a synthesis of the growing impact of human rights law on the financial world."--Editors

This study seeks to shed light on the prohibition of abuse of rights in Article 17 ECHR in order to contribute to a more coherent interpretation of this provision. To that aim it studies the abuse clause from different perspectives. First, it looks at the historical background of the provision to examine what motivated the drafters to include this prohibition. Then it moves on to the case law of the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights and to legal doctrine, revealing the difficulties and inconsistencies in the current interpretation of the abuse clause. Next, it analyses the interpretation of prohibitions of abuse in other human rights documents to see whether parallels can be drawn with the interpretation of Article 17 ECHR. Subsequently, it addresses the concepts of "abuse of rights" and "militant democracy" and examines the extent to which they offer a framework for understanding the abuse clause. Based on the insights obtained from these different perspectives, this study puts forward a proposal as to how Article 17 ECHR can best be applied in the future