Does the ‘living instrument’ doctrine always lead to ‘evolutive interpretation’? Some remarks after Hassan v the United Kingdom
Does the ‘living instrument’ doctrine always lead to ‘evolutive interpretation’? Some remarks after Hassan v the United Kingdom / Zoom In
What is living and what is dead in the European Convention on Human Rights? A Comment on Hassan v United Kingdom
1. Introductory remarks The nexus between the living instrument approach and the interpretative technique codified in Article 31(3)(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is a close one. As the Court observed in A, B & C v Ireland, the existence of a consensus has long played a role in the...
Does the ‘living instrument’ doctrine always lead to ‘evolutive interpretation’? Some remarks after Hassan v the United Kingdom / Zoom In
Subsequent practice in Hassan v United Kingdom: When things seem to go wrong in the life of a living instrument
‘[L]a vita, che da un canto ha bisogno di muoversi sempre, ha pure dall’altro canto bisogno di consistere in qualche forma. Sono due necessità che, essendo opposte tra loro, non le consentono né un perpetuo movimento né un’eterna consistenza. Pensate che se la vita si movesse sempre non consisterebbe mai; e che, se consistesse per...
