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Private Life and the Margin of Appreciation, the European Court of Human Rights: Alex Springer Ag v. Germany and von Hannover v. Germany (No. 2)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Guido Westkamp*
Affiliation:
Centre for Commercial Law Studies Queen Mary, University of London
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Abstract

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

References

Endnotes

1 Von Hannover v. Germany (No. 2) [GC], App. Nos. 40660/08 & 60641/08 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Feb. 7, 2012); Axel Springer AG v. Germany [GC], App. No. 39954/08 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Feb. 7, 2012).

2 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 U.N.T.S. 222 (entered into force Sept. 3, 1953).

3 See Bundesverfassungsgericht [BVerGE] [Federal Constitutional Court] Feb. 26, 2008, 1 BVerfGE 1602/07, Absatz-Nr. (1-109), available at http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20080226_1bvr160207.html.

4 See Bundesverfassungsgericht [BVerGE] [Federal Constitutional Court] Oct. 14, 2004, 2 BvRGE 1481/04, Absatz-Nr. (1-73), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 3407, 2004 (Ger.). available at http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20041014_2bvrl48104.html.

5 See MGN Ltd. v. United Kingdom, App. No. 39401/04, ¶¶ 150, 155 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Jan. 18, 2012); Palomo Sanchez v. Spain, App. Nos. 28955/06, 28957/04, 28959/04, 28964/06, ¶ 57 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Sept. 12, 2011).

6 See Chauvy & Others v. France, 2004-VI Eur. Ct. H.R. ¶ 70; see also Pfeifer v. Austria, App. No. 12556/03, ¶ 35 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Nov. 15, 2007).

* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text available at the European Court of Human Rights Web site (visited June 5, 2012) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-109034.

* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text available at the European Court of Human Rights Web site (visited June 5, 2012) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-109029.