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Persuasion and Legal Reasoning in the ECtHR Rulings: Balancing Impossible Demands
This book analyses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights from the point of view of argumentative tools used by the Court to persuade the audience - States, applicants and public opinion - of the correctness of its rulings. The judgments discussed concern matters related to human life, human dignity and the right to self-determination.
| Author(s) | By Aleksandra Mezykowska, Anna Mlynarska-Sobaczewska. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 224 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 24 May 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
This book analyses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights from the point of view of argumentative tools used by the Court to persuade the audience - States, applicants and public opinion - of the correctness of its rulings. The judgments discussed concern matters related to human life, human dignity and the right to self-determination.
Introduction 1 Challenges of judicial reasoning in beginning and end-of-life cases 2 Ways of judicial reasoning - outline 3 Ways of reasoning in medically assisted procreation and surrogacy cases 4 Ways of reasoning in abortion cases 5
Aleksandra Mezykowska is an associate professor within the Department of Constitutional Law and European Research at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an expert in the Treaty and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign
