Abstract. This article explores the role that Shell – in particular, through its legal department – played in shaping international investment law from 195

Cambridge Core - European Law Open - Volume 4 - Issue 3

Rethinking European legal integration: legal text from a bottom-up perspective and the functioning of European law, 1957–2000

The European Convention on Human Rights is nowadays one of the most prominent human rights treaties. In particular in the Netherlands, it has become the main legal tool for fundamental rights protection. As such, it has also found itself in the spotlight: pushback has developed against its perceived excessive constraining of political options and the European Court is being criticized for interference with domestic sensitivities.