"This novel methodological approach of studying different legal argumentations before an international court in contentious cases is not only beneficial on scholarly grounds where the normative change of contested international – human rights – norms can be traced back to a tension between different – often opposing – positions. On pedagogical grounds, any reader must be able to build its own interpretation from the original sources themselves; be it the facts of a case, the legal arguments against or in favour of the interpretation, application or development of international norms and the actual ruling of a court. This work gives the reader this indispensable space to decide how to interpret the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights her/himself rather than filling in the knowledge gaps on behalf the authors. Nonetheless, the authors gently guide the reader through the normative change on the prohibition of torture as cautiously identified in their supporting scholarly analyses of the actual practice. The resulting empowerment from reading this work not only liberates the reader from the abundance of interpretations on the Court’s jurisprudence but gives her/him the necessary confidence to co-create new knowledge on the practice of international human rights law. A noble and necessary ambition for this new book series to pursue – and certainly achieved with the publication of this first volume."
Matthias Vanhullebusch, Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law, Hasselt University

Dr. Andrea Carcano is Associate Professor of International Law with the Department of Law of the University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Italy. Previously, he was a legal officer with the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Professor Tullio Scovazzi, now retired, was Professor of International Law at the Universities of Parma, Genoa, Milan and Milan-Bicocca, Italy. He is an associate member of the Institut de Droit International.