1. N. Luhmann, Legitimation durch Verfahren [Legitimacy by Procedure] (Darmstadt [etc.], Luchterhand 1978).
2. See also the contribution to this book by L. Garlicki, ‘Judicial Deliberations: The Strasbourg Perspective’. The subject was treated in detail by P. Leach, Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights (Oxford, Oxford University Press 2005).
3. Cases that were not referred to the Court after having been handled by the Commission were disposed of by the Committee of Ministers by means of a binding decision on the question whether or not the ECHR had been violated. The Committee lost this task after the entry into force of the Eleventh Protocol.
4. See Leach, n. 2, and the Court’ss website, which includes a great deal of practical information for applicants or potential applicants: .
5. See, for example, ECtHR 30 May 2000, Belvedère Alberghiera S.r.l. v. Italy. 6 ECtHR 8 April 2004, Assanidze v. Georgia.