George Letsas is Lecturer in Law at University College London

Constituting a profound reflection on the Courts interpreting role, the book [...] both enriches legal theory and provides stimulating reading material for everyone dedicated to the cause of human rights.

• 1. Human Rights, Legality, and the ECHR ; Introduction ; Background to and a Very Brief History of Human Rights ; No One-Size-Fits-All Theory of Human Rights ; Human Rights as Conditions of Legitimacy ; Human Rights, Legal Rights, and Interpretivism ; Conclusion ; 2. Autonomous Concepts, Conventionalism, and Judicial Discretion ; Introduction ; The Emergence of Autonomous Concepts ; Good-Faith Violations of the ECHR ; A More Recent Example of an Autonomous Concept ; Autonomous Concepts and Judicial Discretion ; Need for Harmonization and Uniform Application? ; Autonomous Concepts as Disagreement ; Does Disagreement Entail Judicial Discretion? ; Possible Choices ; 3. Intentionalism, Textualism, and Evolutive Interpretation ; Introduction ; Originalism in Constitutional Law ; Golder v UK: VCLT and the Case of Unenumerated Rights ; After Golder: the ECHR as a Living Instrument ; The Failures of Originalism ; The Object and Purpose of the ECHR ; Evolutive Interpretation: Truth Not Current Consensus ; 4. Two Concepts of the Margin of Appreciation ; Introduction ; Theories of International Human Rights Law ; The Substantive Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; The Structural Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; Consensus and Public Morals ; 5. Liberal Principles of Human Rights Interpretation ; Introduction ; Rights, Interests, and Reasons ; Liberal Egalitarian Theories of Rights: Rawls and Dworkin ; Rawls's Theory of Rights ; Dworkin's Rights as Trumps ; Liberal Egalitarian Principles for the Interpretation of the Limitation Clauses ; 6. Public Morals, Consensus, and Rights Inflation: A Critque ; Introduction ; Public Morals and the Moralistic Preferences of the Majority ; Consensus, Piecemeal Evolution, and Legality ; Rights Inflation: Hatton and the Right to Sleep Well

George Letsas is Lecturer in Law at University College London

Constituting a profound reflection on the Courts interpreting role, the book [...] both enriches legal theory and provides stimulating reading material for everyone dedicated to the cause of human rights.

• 1. Human Rights, Legality, and the ECHR ; Introduction ; Background to and a Very Brief History of Human Rights ; No One-Size-Fits-All Theory of Human Rights ; Human Rights as Conditions of Legitimacy ; Human Rights, Legal Rights, and Interpretivism ; Conclusion ; 2. Autonomous Concepts, Conventionalism, and Judicial Discretion ; Introduction ; The Emergence of Autonomous Concepts ; Good-Faith Violations of the ECHR ; A More Recent Example of an Autonomous Concept ; Autonomous Concepts and Judicial Discretion ; Need for Harmonization and Uniform Application? ; Autonomous Concepts as Disagreement ; Does Disagreement Entail Judicial Discretion? ; Possible Choices ; 3. Intentionalism, Textualism, and Evolutive Interpretation ; Introduction ; Originalism in Constitutional Law ; Golder v UK: VCLT and the Case of Unenumerated Rights ; After Golder: the ECHR as a Living Instrument ; The Failures of Originalism ; The Object and Purpose of the ECHR ; Evolutive Interpretation: Truth Not Current Consensus ; 4. Two Concepts of the Margin of Appreciation ; Introduction ; Theories of International Human Rights Law ; The Substantive Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; The Structural Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; Consensus and Public Morals ; 5. Liberal Principles of Human Rights Interpretation ; Introduction ; Rights, Interests, and Reasons ; Liberal Egalitarian Theories of Rights: Rawls and Dworkin ; Rawls's Theory of Rights ; Dworkin's Rights as Trumps ; Liberal Egalitarian Principles for the Interpretation of the Limitation Clauses ; 6. Public Morals, Consensus, and Rights Inflation: A Critque ; Introduction ; Public Morals and the Moralistic Preferences of the Majority ; Consensus, Piecemeal Evolution, and Legality ; Rights Inflation: Hatton and the Right to Sleep Well

George Letsas is Lecturer in Law at University College London

Constituting a profound reflection on the Courts interpreting role, the book [...] both enriches legal theory and provides stimulating reading material for everyone dedicated to the cause of human rights.

• 1. Human Rights, Legality, and the ECHR ; Introduction ; Background to and a Very Brief History of Human Rights ; No One-Size-Fits-All Theory of Human Rights ; Human Rights as Conditions of Legitimacy ; Human Rights, Legal Rights, and Interpretivism ; Conclusion ; 2. Autonomous Concepts, Conventionalism, and Judicial Discretion ; Introduction ; The Emergence of Autonomous Concepts ; Good-Faith Violations of the ECHR ; A More Recent Example of an Autonomous Concept ; Autonomous Concepts and Judicial Discretion ; Need for Harmonization and Uniform Application? ; Autonomous Concepts as Disagreement ; Does Disagreement Entail Judicial Discretion? ; Possible Choices ; 3. Intentionalism, Textualism, and Evolutive Interpretation ; Introduction ; Originalism in Constitutional Law ; Golder v UK: VCLT and the Case of Unenumerated Rights ; After Golder: the ECHR as a Living Instrument ; The Failures of Originalism ; The Object and Purpose of the ECHR ; Evolutive Interpretation: Truth Not Current Consensus ; 4. Two Concepts of the Margin of Appreciation ; Introduction ; Theories of International Human Rights Law ; The Substantive Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; The Structural Concept of the Margin of Appreciation ; Consensus and Public Morals ; 5. Liberal Principles of Human Rights Interpretation ; Introduction ; Rights, Interests, and Reasons ; Liberal Egalitarian Theories of Rights: Rawls and Dworkin ; Rawls's Theory of Rights ; Dworkin's Rights as Trumps ; Liberal Egalitarian Principles for the Interpretation of the Limitation Clauses ; 6. Public Morals, Consensus, and Rights Inflation: A Critque ; Introduction ; Public Morals and the Moralistic Preferences of the Majority ; Consensus, Piecemeal Evolution, and Legality ; Rights Inflation: Hatton and the Right to Sleep Well