*** GÜNTHER WINKLER: The Council of Europe. Monitoring Procedures and the Constitutional Autonomy of the Member States. Springer (4-6 Sachsenplatz, A-1201 Vienna. Tel: (43-1) 3302415 - Fax: 3302426 - Internet: www.springeronline.com). 2006, 542 pp, €98. ISBN 3-211-27962-8.
The Council of Europe has had (and continues to have) a huge impact on Europe, despite the fact that it attracts little media attention. It has had an incomparable influence, for example, on the generally democratic...