The margin of appreciation in international human rights law deference and proportionality / [electronic resource] :
Andrew Legg.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xxv, 232 p.).
- Oxford monographs in international law .
- Oxford monographs in international law. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International human rights courts accord their member states a margin of appreciation in relation to the implementation and interpretation of human rights law. This book argues that a degree of deference is justified - human rights inevitably look different from place to place.