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The growing number of international courts and tribunals and their burgeoning case law have fuelled concerns about the fragmentation of international law. This arises as a consequence of both the specialized regimes these courts create and the multiple ways in which they may interpret international law emanating from other sources. This book considers this issue by examining the busiest and arguably most successful international court, the European Court of Human Rights. More specifically, it focuses on the jurisprudence of the Court and its predecessor, the European Commission of Human Rights, covering a range of special human rights regimes, treaty law, and the case law of the International Court of Justice. The author assesses whether the Court has been able to adopt a coherent, comprehensive approach to the interpretation and evaluation of international law and thus the extent to which it has been able to contribute to the development and coherence of international law.

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...a meticulous analysis of the reception of international law into the ECtHR and provides a fascinating investigation of the manner in which this is achieved...This book..paves the way for future research Dr Elaine Dewhurst, Legal Studies

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Dr. Magdalena Forowicz was educated Canada, United Kingdom and Switzerland. She is currently working together with Prof. Dr. Helen Keller on a handbook on friendly settlements before the European Court of Human Rights. Previously, she has taught and conducted research at Universities in Switzerland and the United Kindgom. She has also worked in West Africa on child rights reform and on World War II compensation at an International Organisation in Geneva. She has published articles in international humanitarian and criminal law.

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