Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz, former Managing Director of the Masters Programme in Human Rights and Senior Lecturer, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University.Xavier Groussot, Professor of European Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University.Gunnar Thor Petursson, Senior Scientist, School of Law, Reykjavik University.

• Excerpt of table of contents:Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Background of the Paradox (Looking Inside the Paradox Box) – History, Procedure, Symbols and the Family;2 The Margin of Appreciation in Strasbourg and Luxembourg;3 Europe’s Rich Diversity – 27 Diff erent Countries on the Bench: How Diff erences Matter in the Decision Making;4 Human Rights – Who Owns Human Rights in Europe?;5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Its Relationship with other European Human Rights Norms;6 The Relationship between the Two European Courts and the Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;Conclusion;Index.

Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz, former Managing Director of the Masters Programme in Human Rights and Senior Lecturer, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University.Xavier Groussot, Professor of European Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University.Gunnar Thor Petursson, Senior Scientist, School of Law, Reykjavik University.

• Excerpt of table of contents:Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Background of the Paradox (Looking Inside the Paradox Box) – History, Procedure, Symbols and the Family;2 The Margin of Appreciation in Strasbourg and Luxembourg;3 Europe’s Rich Diversity – 27 Diff erent Countries on the Bench: How Diff erences Matter in the Decision Making;4 Human Rights – Who Owns Human Rights in Europe?;5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Its Relationship with other European Human Rights Norms;6 The Relationship between the Two European Courts and the Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;Conclusion;Index.

Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz, former Managing Director of the Masters Programme in Human Rights and Senior Lecturer, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University.Xavier Groussot, Professor of European Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University.Gunnar Thor Petursson, Senior Scientist, School of Law, Reykjavik University.

• Excerpt of table of contents:Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Background of the Paradox (Looking Inside the Paradox Box) – History, Procedure, Symbols and the Family;2 The Margin of Appreciation in Strasbourg and Luxembourg;3 Europe’s Rich Diversity – 27 Diff erent Countries on the Bench: How Diff erences Matter in the Decision Making;4 Human Rights – Who Owns Human Rights in Europe?;5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Its Relationship with other European Human Rights Norms;6 The Relationship between the Two European Courts and the Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;Conclusion;Index.