Fundamental rights in Europe : challenges and transformations in comparative perspective

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dc.contributor.authorFABBRINI, Federico
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-13T10:40:52Z
dc.date.available2014-03-13T10:40:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstract- Offers a comparative analysis of human rights standards between the European system and the federal system of the USA; - Provides useful technical information on four case studies including, the right to due process for suspected terrorists, the right to vote for non-citizens, the right to strike and lastly the right to abortion; - Combines a conceptual framework with an empirical examination testing the value of the theory in practice. The European architecture for the protection of fundamental rights combines the legal regimes of the states, the European Union, and the European Convention on Human Rights. The purpose of this book is to analyse the constitutional implications of this multilevel architecture and to examine the dynamics that spring from the interaction between different human rights standards in Europe. The book adopts a comparative approach, and through a comparison with the federal system of the United States, it advances an analytical model that systematically explains the dynamics at play in the European multilevel human rights architecture. It identifies two recurrent challenges in the interplay between different state and transnational human rights standards-a challenge of ineffectiveness, when transnational law operates as a ceiling of protection for a specific human right, and a challenge of inconsistency when transnational law operates as a floor-and considers the most recent transformations taking place in the European human rights regime. The book tests the model of challenges and transformations by examining in depth four case studies: the right to due process for suspected terrorists, the right to vote for non-citizens, the right to strike and the right to abortion. In light of these examples, the book then concludes by reassessing the main theories on the protection of fundamental rights in Europe and making the case for a new vision-a 'neo-federal' theory-which is able to frame the dilemmas of identity, equality and supremacy behind the European multilevel architecture for the protection of human rights.en
dc.description.tableofcontents-- Introduction -- 1: Of Floors, Ceilings and Human Rights: The European Fundamental Rights Architecture Compared -- 2: The Right to Due Process for Suspected Terrorists -- 3: The Right to Vote for Non-Citizens -- 4: The Right to Strike -- 5: The Right to Abortion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Table of Legislation -- Table of Casesen
dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 2012en
dc.identifier.citationOxford : Oxford University Press, 2014, Oxford Studies in European Lawen
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/907045
dc.identifier.isbn9780198702047
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/30240
dc.language.isoenen
dc.orcid.putcode1814/81072:137351875
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
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dc.titleFundamental rights in Europe : challenges and transformations in comparative perspectiveen
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