Download or read book Key case-law extracts - European Court of Human Rights written by Gilles Dutertre and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first application to the European Commission of Human Rights in 1955 and the European Court of Human Rights delivered its first judgment in 1961, a large volume of case law has been developed on human rights issues. This single volume contains a selection of key extracts from Court judgments and Commission decisions, together with commentary on each passage, organised by each Article of the Convention and its protocols. The book includes a detailed table of contents and a comprehensive index of principal cases and states to aid information retrieval.