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Nussberger traces the history of the European Court of Human Rights from its political context in the 1940s to the present day, answering pressing questions about its origins and workings. This first book in the Elements of International Law series, provides a fresh, objective, and non-argumentative approach to the European Court of Human Rights.

Providing a fresh, objective, and non-argumentative approach to the discipline of international law, this series is an accessible go-to source for practicing international lawyers, judges and arbitrators, government and military officers, scholars, teachers, and students. In this volume, Professor Nussberger explores the Court's uniqueness as an international adjudicatory body in the light of its history, structure, and procedure, as well as its key doctrines and case law. This book also shows the role played by the Court in the development of modern international law and human rights law

The "Five-Day War" between Russia & Georgia is the subject of a variety of cases before international courts. However, these can address only individual questions such as human rights violations or infringements of the ban on racial discrimination. The issues of international law at the heart of this conflict are very complex & do not allow one-dimensional answers regarding guilt & responsibility. Adapted from the source document.

Initial reactions to the judgment against entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorovskii on 31 May 2005 focused on criticising violations against basic precepts of rule of law. Since it is impossible to appeal to the Russian Constitutional Court to review such violations of basic rights by the executive & the judiciary, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg remains the only instance of control. The court in the past three years has issued a series of decisions against the Russian Federation in which a number of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights were criticised. Based on these precedents, it appears that a condemnation of the Russian Federation can expected in the Khodorovskii case as well. Whether it will come to this is unclear given current developments in relations between the Russian Federation & the Council of Europe. Adapted from the source document.