Part I.- Theoretical Framework.- 'Principled Resistance' to ECtHR Judgments: Dogmatic Framework and Conceptual Meaning.- Resistance to the European Court of Human Rights: The Institutional and Sociological Consequences of Principled Resistance.- Part II.- National Perspectives.- Principled Resistance to and Principled Compliance with ECtHR Judgments in Germany.- 'Principled Resistance' to ECtHR Judgments in Austria.- Judicial Disobedience and the ECtHR: The Italian Case.- Resistance in Switzerland: Populist Rather Than Principled.- Principled Criticism and a Warning from the 'UK' to the ECtHR?.- The Execution of ECtHR Judgements and the 'Right to Object' of the Russian Constitutional Court.- Part III.- International Perspectives.- The Perspective of the Venice Commission.- The National Identity Criterion in the Crossfire Between European Integration and the Preservation of National Sovereignty.- 'Principled Resistance' to ECtHR Judgments: An Appraisal.