Rules of Law from Westport to Wladiwostok. Separate Opinions in the European Court of Human Rights

• Published in: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
• Main Authors: Bruinsma, Fred J., De Blois, Matthijs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1997
• Subjects: Law; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science; Westport; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/092405199701500204; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/092405199701500204

Whereas lawyers usually pay only attention to the added value of majority judgments in courts, we have taken an interest in the separate opinions of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court). The jurisdiction of this court stretches from Westport (Ireland) to Wladiwostok (Russia), and from Icel...