Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law,. Greenberg, Greenberg,**

Stanford University Press

Justice in the BalanceDemocracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights\nAuthor(s): Jessica Greenberg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503643413, 978-1503643413\nSynopsis\nEstablished as a post-World War II response to conflict and fascism, the European Court of Human Rights is routinely characterized as the most successful human rights institution in the world. Based in Strasbourg, France, its jurisdiction extends to over 700 million people on European soil across the 46 Council of Europe member countries. The Court is the crown jewel of the Council, an international organization dedicated to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. And yet, for years, European institutions have been haunted by the specter of failure. In the shadow of rising populism, inequality, and war, faith in democracy and the rule of law has been shaken to its core. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted.