The Human Rights of Companies: Exploring the Structure of ECHR Protection

by Marius Emberland

Overview

This book studies the response of the European Court of Human Rights to complaints submitted to it by companies and their shareholders. The first in-depth analysis of the protection of business interests under the European Convention on Human Rights, and a path-breaking study of the value-system on which the ECHR builds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199289837
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/30/2006
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Marius Emberland graduated from the University of Oslo and Harvard Law School before he embarked on his doctorate studies at the University of Oxford, where he received his D.Phil. degree in 2004. Dr Emberland is presently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Companies and the Structure of Convention Protection3. The Court's Approach to Corporate Personality4. The Court's Response to Hard Cases of Applicability5. Lenient Standards of Scrutiny6. Retrospect and Prospect