title: Erosion of democracy and adequacy of the Strasbourg court's response
abstract: In this article, the author examines the metamorphoses of political regimes of Council of Europe states, as well as the erosion of democracy in some of them.Political regimes are classified into liberal democracy, militant democracy, patronal democracy and patronal autocracy.The last three types of political regimes are considered in the context of Article 17 of the first part, Article 18 and Article 17 of the second part of ECHR.The response of Strasbourg court to the challenges of militant dem
journal: International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies