Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-553) and index.

Introduction / Amrei Müller and Hege Elisabeth Kjos -- Judicial dialogue on international human rights law in Poland and Eastern Europe / Izabela Skomerska-Muchowska -- Horizontal judicial dialogue on human rights : the practice of constitutional courts in South America / Michael Freitas Mohallem -- The Supreme Court of Canada's transnational judicial communication on human rights (1982-2014) : an empirical assessment / Gianluca Gentili and Elaine Mak -- Ideological barriers to judicial dialogue : a study of the laws establishing Shariah courts in Malaysia and Nigeria / Azizat O. Amoloye-Adebayo -- Complementary protection and domestic courts : the extent, method, purpose and effects of judicial dialogue / Naomi Hart -- The construction of same-sex families in Western Europe through legislative and judicial dialogues : the role of national legislatures and supranational courts / Daniele Gallo and Matteo M. Winkler -- Engaging in judicial dialogue : some reflections from the United Kingdom Supreme Court / The Right Honourable Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill -- Engaging in judicial dialogue : the practice of the German Federal Constitutional Court / Andreas Paulus -- Judicial dialogue : the experience of Italy / Raffaele Sabato -- The ECtHR's engagement with German and Russian courts' decisions : encouraging effective cooperation to secure ECHR rights / Amrei Müller -- Encouraging judicial dialogue : the contribution of human rights NGO's briefs to the European Court of Human Rights / Laura Van Den Eynde -- Dialogues between the Strasbourg Court and national courts / Luis López Guerra -- The ECtHR's use of decisions of domestic courts from states not involved in the case and other Council of Europe bodies / Erik Møse -- The ECtHR' use of decisions of international courts and quasi-judicial bodies / Angelika NuÇberger -- From judicial dialogue to cosmopolitan norms : enhancing democracy in Globalised states / Cara Marsan-Raventós -- Dialogue or interaction? A non-cosmopolitan reading of transjudicial communication / Luca Pasquet -- Conclusion / Amrei Müller.