Preface by Professor Corneliu Bîrsan -- Preface by Leif Holmström -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: THE JIGSAW PUZZLE OF EUROPE -- 1.1. The Historical Origin of the Problem -- 1.2. Europe Today -- 1.3. Location of the Study in Current Legal Debate -- 1.4. Literature Review -- 1.5. Hypothesis -- 1.6. Methodology -- 1.6.1. Overview of the Chapters -- 1.6.2. Data -- CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND OF THE COURT FROM ITS CREATION TO ITS ENLARGEMENT -- 2.1. Creation of the Court -- 2.1.1. Historical and Political Embedding -- 2.1.2. The Convention -- 2.1.3. Former Two-Tier System -- 2.2. Changes in the 1990s -- 2.2.1. The Iron Curtain Fell -- 2.2.2. The Main Features Changed by Reform -- 2.3. Power and Reach of the Court -- 2.3.1. Impact of the Judgments of the Court on National Legal Systems -- 2.3.2. Individual Remedies -- 2.4. Rights Shaped -- 2.5. The Court's Legal Doctrines -- 2.5.1. 'Margin of Appreciation' Doctrine -- 2.5.2. 'In the Light of Current Society' Doctrine -- 2.5.3. Concluding Comment -- CHAPTER 3 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE -- 3.1. The People -- 3.1.1. The Staff -- 3.1.2. The Registry -- 3.1.3. The Judges -- 3.2. Administration and Organisation -- 3.2.1. Creation of the Organisation -- 3.2.2. Different Panels -- 3.3. How a Case Proceeds Through the Court -- 3.3.1. First Stage: The Application -- 3.3.2. Next Stage: The Judge Rapporteur -- 3.3.3. Last Stage: The Deliberations -- CHAPTER 4 ATTITUDES AND DYNAMICS AMONGST THE JUDGES -- 4.1. The Self-Image of the Judges -- 4.2. Differences in Background of the Judges -- 4.2.1. Historical-Political Background -- 4.2.2. Vocational Background -- 4.2.3. Geographical-Legal Background -- 4.3. Commonalities of the Judges -- 4.3.1. Equality -- 4.3.2. Shared Belief -- 4.3.3. Urge for Quality -- 4.4. Elements of the Legal Culture of the Court -- 4.4.1. The Melting Pot -- 4.4.2. Homogenity.

CHAPTER 5 TESTING THE LEGAL CULTURE OF THE COURT -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Structure and Method -- 5.2.1. Set of Data -- 5.3. The Broader Test -- 5.3.1. Rate of Homogeneity at the Court in General -- 5.3.2. Screening Background and Dissent -- 5.3.3. Discussion of Findings in the Test at Step One -- 5.4. Voting Behaviour by Subject Matter -- 5.4.1. Evaluations of Categories Under Article 8 -- 5.4.2. Evaluation of Categories Under Article 9 -- 5.4.3. Evaluation of Categories Under Article 10 -- 5.4.4. Discussion of Findings at Step Two -- 5.5. Putting the Judgments Under a Microscope -- 5.5.1. Cases Under Article 8 -- 5.5.2. Cases Under Article 9 -- 5.5.3. Cases Under Article 10 -- 5.6. Outcome of the Three-Step Testing -- 5.7. The Testing in Context of the Literature -- CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION -- Index -- Bibliography -- Appendix Digest of Judgments (Delivered to the Merits) of the European Court of Human Rights Concerning Articles 8, 9 and 10 between 1 November 1998 and 31 October 2001.