Procedural Review in European Fundamental Rights Cases

Janneke Gerards · Eva Brems

Mar 2017 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

Traditionally, courts adjudicate fundamental rights cases by applying substantive tests of reasonableness or proportionality. Increasingly, however, European courts are also expressly taking account of the quality of the procedure that has led up to a fundamental rights interference. Yet this procedural review is far from uncontroversial. There still is a lack of clarity as to what 'procedural review' really means, what its potential for judicial decision-making is, how it relates and should relate to substantive review, and what its limitations are. Featuring contributions from experts in the field, this book is the first in-depth study into procedural review, considering the theoretical and conceptual issues at play, as well as the applicability of procedural review in different legal systems. It will therefore be of great importance to scholars and practitioners interested in fundamental rights adjudication in Europe, judicial reasoning and procedural justice.

About the author

Janneke Gerards is a Professor of Fundamental Rights Law at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on European fundamental rights, judicial review and constitutional law. She is also a deputy Judge in the Appeals Court of The Hague, a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Netherlands Advisory Council on International Affairs, and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Eva Brems is a Professor of Human Rights Law at Universiteit Gent, Belgium. She has published widely in many areas of human rights law, in particular on the European Convention on Human Rights. She is a European Research Council Starting Grant Laureate and a member of the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law.