Interdisciplinary Studies on the Council of Europe and Its Conventions1 Development Right to Property in European Convention Human Rights

By tracing the development of the right to property in the European Convention on Human Rights, the book analyses and clarifies the principles currently governing human rights protection of the right to property. The right to the peaceful enjoyment of property is one of the most frequently invoked rights in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It is also one of the most complex and least understood. Through the Convention's history, the protection of the right to property has undergone significant development in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. This book shows how the Court’s reliance on the Convention’s object and purpose – in particular the rule of law – has served as the main impetus for development. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the jurisprudence, the book analyses the arguments and clarifies the principles governing human rights protection of property rights.