Introduction; 1. Choosing autonomy; 2. What informs the ECtHR? The origins of the concept of individual autonomy; 3. Expressions of individual autonomy; 4. Autonomy, individualisation and the emergence of the problem of trust; 5. Autonomy, law and trust; 6. Caring autonomy; Conclusion.
Argues that European human rights law must acknowledge that autonomy is dependent on the existence of trusting and caring relationships.
Katri Lõhmus recently obtained her PhD in law from the University of Edinburgh. She was previously a legal counsel in the Constitutional Review Chamber of the Supreme Court of Estonia.
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