This article suggests that a re-evaluation of the principle of subsidiarity is in order. While I make no sweeping … claims that the principle of subsidiarity is always preferable or always undesirable, I do suggest that a close look at the … myriad ways in which subsidiarity applies reveals that it may sometimes impede, rather than advance, the cause it purports to …

The article presents an argument in favour of a richer theory of subsidiarity in the European Court of Human Rights … context. In particular, the proposal is to include what is called a 'positive' dimension in subsidiarity thinking. That is to … say, the article argues that the scholarly and political debate on ECHR subsidiarity has focused mostly on ECHR restraint …