Fundamental Rights and Principles

Book excerpt: Pieter van Dijk has devoted his working life to the theory and practice of fundamental rights and principles. Therefore, it may not come as a surprise that his liber amicorum is devoted to these values. Many of his friends and colleagues - from, inter alia, the Council of State of the Netherlands, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe - have contributed to this volume. They have analyzed fundamental rights and principles from various perspectives, including preconditions for safeguarding fundamental rights; the interaction between the Strasbourg, Luxembourg, and national courts; and constitutional review.