The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Deutsch, Ulrike (Editor), Wolfrum, Rüdiger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 205
• Subjects: Law.; Human rights.; Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights is faced with a huge and ev- growing workload. Up until 1998, the Court pronounced only 837 judgments, while it rendered 4. 000 judgments in the last three years alone. On 18 September 2008, the European Court of Human Rights th delivered its 10. 000 judgment; curr...