Electoral rights in Europe : advances and challenges / edited by Helen Hardman and Brice Dickson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The contribution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to soft law in electoral matters / Chemavon Chahbazian -- Between soft and hard law standards : the contribution of the Venice Commission in the electoral field / Amaya �Ubeda de Torres -- The level of the protection of the right to free elections in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights / Eszter Bodn�ar -- Voting rights of minorities and the role of ethnicity in elections in the post-Yugoslav space / Petra Roter -- Prisoner voting saga : reasons for challenges / Kanstantsin Dzhietsiarou -- Electoral rights in Russia : mapping the situation at the European Court of Human Rights / Olga Chernishova -- When elections are free but not effective : party systems and corruption / Petra Schleiter and Alisa Voznaya -- The impact of elections and voter de-alignment on human rights / Helen Hardman -- Electoral finances, human rights and fairness / Brice Dickson.