This book explores the role of national parliaments in the implementation of european convention on human rights standards and judgments of the european court of human rights it also examines from both an empirical and normative perspective the relationship between parliamentarians and the convention system and more broadly between democracy human rights and legitimate authority. The european system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival these intuitional pressures stem from the backlog of applications before the european court of human rights the large number of its judgments that remain unimplemented and the political pressures that arise from sustained attacks on the courts legitimacy and authority . Abstract the european system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival these institutional pressures stem from the backlog of applications before the european court of human rights the large number of its judgments that remain unimplemented and the political pressures that arise from sustained attacks on the courts legitimacy . Parliaments and the european court of human rights von alice donald philip leach und verleger oup oxford sparen sie bis zu 80 durch die auswahl der etextbook option fur isbn 9780191093166 0191093165 die druckversion dieses lehrbuchs hat isbn 9780198734246 0198734247. Through empirical assessment of the role of the parliaments of the uk the netherlands germany ukraine and romania this book addresses the theme of how engaged parliaments are and should be in the implementation of judgments of the european court of human rights leach philip donald alice