Russia and the European Court of Human Rights
The Strasbourg Effect

Table of Contents

Introduction: Russia, Strasbourg and the paradox of a human rights backlash Lauri Mälksoo
Part I. Setting the Scene:
1. Russia in the Council of Europe: participation a la carte Petra Roter
Part II. Interaction between the ECtHR and Russian Courts:
2. The use of European human rights law in Russian courts Anton Burkov
3. ECtHR and the Russian Constitutional Court: duet or duel? Sergei Marochkin
4. The Russian Constitutional Court and the Strasbourg court: judicial pragmatism in a dual state Alexei Trochev
5. Philosophy behind human rights: Valery Zorkin vs the West Mikhail Antonov
6. Russia's cases in the ECtHR and the question of socialization Bill Bowring
7. Russia's impact on the Strasbourg system: as seen by two former judges of the European Court of Human Rights Elisabet Fura and Rait Maruste
Part III. Specific Rights and Violations: Case Studies:
8. Egregious human rights violations in Chechnya: the continuing pursuit of justice Philip Leach
9. Property rights in Russia: reconsidering the socialist legal tradition Vladislav Starzhenetskiy
10. LGBT rights in Russia and European human rights standards Dmitri Bartenev
11. Nativist ideological responses to European/liberal human rights discourses in contemporary Russia Benedikt Harzl
General conclusions Wolfgang Benedek.

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