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Book SynopsisRussia and European Human-Rights Law critically examines Russia's experiences as part of the European human righs protection system since its admittance in 1998. The authors combine legal and constructivist international relations theory perspectives in this study of Russia's practice and rhetoric in the Council of Europe and before the European Court of Human Rights.
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Table of ContentsPreface, Lauri Mälksoo Foreword, Angelika Nussberger Introduction, Lauri Mälksoo The Human-Rights Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church and its Patriarch Kirill I: A Critical Appraisal, Lauri Mälksoo Culture Re-introduced: Contestation of Human Rights in Contemporary Russia, Petr Preclik Tilting at Windmills? The European Response to Violations of Media Freedom in Russia, Dorothea Schönfeld Orthodox Pluralism: Controus of Freedom of Religion in the Russian Federation and Strasbourg Jurisprudence, Dara Hallinan Assessing Human Rights in Russia: Not to Miss the Forest for the Trees. A Response to Preclik, Schönfeld and Hallinan, Valdislav Starzhenetskii Concluding Observations. Russian and European Human-Rights Law: Margins of the Margin of Appreciation, Lauri Mälksoo List of Contributors Index
