nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/82c25e98437ab662 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260629s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/82c25e98437ab662 doi eng 342 23 Kondak, Rachael Author aut Looking Sideways - The Comparative Law Process and Climate Change Case-Law Before the European Court of Human Rights Kondak, Rachael Verfassungsblog 2026-06-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier What are the major interpretative principles which assist the European Court of Human Rights in its decision-making? What role do they play in climate change judgments? Subsidiarity, the living instrument doctrine and a harmonious interpretation of international law all enable the Court to incorporate relevant comparative law into its reasoning. Climate change case-law is particularly well-suited to the comparative law approach and I argue that the role of comparative law can potentially have more impact in this emerging area of the law than in others. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Justice Europa European Court of Human Rights Klima Subsidiarity judicial dialogue (DE-588)4015701-5 gnd Europa (DE-588)4031170-3 gnd Klima Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/looking-sideways/ raw object