... Particularlyprominent in the Anglo-American world,21it puts great emphasis on the auton-omy of the individual, and relies on the idea of giving the individual inalienablerights.22Given the intimate ... on the English Legal SystemZander: The Law-Making ProcessA kaleidoscopic reading of the ConventionGiventhatthecasesIdiscussinthebookaremerelyillustrative,thereisastrongelementoffortuityinthewaythefive‘criticallight’chaptersareassembled .The imageofthekaleidoscopecomestomindinthatitpointstoaninfinitenumberofcombinationsofeithertheoreticalorempiricalelements,orboth.IneachchapteritisasifIhadcollectedpiecesofcaselaw,shakenthem,andobservedtheresultingcombination–ifnotexactlysymmetry–inthemirror(orlight)ofaparticulartheory.Icouldhaverepeatedtheexerciseoverandoveragain,adinfinitum,eitherwiththesameorwithslightlydifferentmaterial(caselaw)ormirrors(critiques).30Eachtimetheresultwouldhavebeendifferentbut,Iwouldargue,nolesscompelling.Theimageofthekaleidoscopedrawsattentiontothewayoursensesconstructpatternswhichdonot‘really’existexceptthroughtheartificeofreflection(theory).ItcouldbesaidthatIofferakaleidoscopicreadingoftheConvention,i.e.onegeneratingarrangementswhichare,ifnotaestheticallypleasing,atleastdeceptivelyattractiveintheirsimplicityand(imposed)regularity.AfriendwhoreadChapter3wasnotdeceived.Sheremarked,disapprovingly,thatitwasasthough ... excluded from the enjoyment of humanrights).16 The gap could exist either because the practice has, so far, failed to liveup to the theory, but without this affecting the validity of the concept...