TY - BOOK AU - Legg,Andrew TI - Margin of appreciation in international human rights law: deference and proportionality T2 - Oxford monographs in international law SN - 9780199650453 AV - K3240 .L44 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford, U.K. PB - Oxford University Press KW - Judicial discretion KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) KW - Pouvoir discretionnaire des juges KW - Droits de l'homme KW - eclas KW - Cour europeenne des droits de l'homme KW - Organisation des Nations unies KW - Law KW - eflch KW - Human rights KW - fast KW - Proportionality KW - unbist KW - International law N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-230) and index; Introduction -- Deference : reasoning differently on the basis of external factors -- Different approaches to deference in international human rights law -- Democracy and participation -- Treaty interpretation, current state practice, and other international law influences on the practice of deference -- Expertise and competence -- Proportionality : determining rights -- Nature of the right and type of case N2 - International human rights courts accord their member states a margin of appreciation in relation to the implementation and interpretation of human rights law. This book argues that a degree of deference is justified - human rights inevitably look different from place to place ER -