The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights Law - Deference and Proportionality - Hardback - 2012

International human rights courts accord their member states a margin of appreciation in relation to the implementation and interpretation of human rights law. This book argues that a degree of deference is justified because although human rights standards are universal, in practice they inevitably look different from place to place.
Year of publication: 2012
Pagination: 272 pages
Format: Hardback
Serie: Oxford Monographs in International Law