Introduction: The European Court of Human Rights - the past in the present
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2021

This introductory chapter explains the common themes underlying the volume. It recounts and connects three broadly defined current academic discourses and how they are connected: the debate on the concomitant challenges stemming from a backlash against the European Court of Human Rights and the rise of systems with an authoritarian or populist bend, a renewed interest in the history of the European Convention system, especially its ‘alarm bell’ function as well as the role that historical injust