General Principles of Law

European and Comparative Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5099-1071-7
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 800 g

Examining general principles of law provides one of the most instructive examples of the intersection between EU law and comparative law. This collection draws on the expertise of high-profile and distinguished scholars to provide a critical examination of this interaction. It shows how general principles of EU law need to be responsive to national laws. In addition, it is clear that the laws of the Member States have no choice but to be responsive to the general principles which are developed through EU law. Viewed through the perspective of proportionality, legal certainty, and fundamental rights, the dynamic relationship between the ingenuity of the Court of Justice, the legislative process and the process of Treaty revision is comprehensively illustrated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vogenauer, Stefan

Weatherill, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. General Principles of International Law

Catherine Redgwell
3. From Myth to Reality: The EU's 'New Legal Order' and the Place of General Principles Within It

Stephen Weatherill

Part I: General Principles of European Union Law
4. Theorising General Principles of EU Law in Perspective: High Expectations, Modest Means and the Court of Justice

Urska Sadl and Joxerramon Bengoetxea
5. Is Legality a Principle of EU Law?

Alexander Somek
6. General Principles and the Many Faces of Coherence: Between Law and Ideology in the European Union

Xavier Groussot, Jörgen Hettne and Gunnar Thor Petursson
7. General Principles and Customary Law in the EU Legal Order

Samantha Besson

Part II: Proportionality
8. Proportionality

Alison L Young and Gráinne de Búrca
9. Proportionality and Judicial Review: A UK Historical Perspective

Paul Craig
10. The Evolution of the Principle of Proportionality in EU Law-Towards an Anticipative Understanding?

Juliane Kokott and Christoph Sobotta
11. Proportionality and the Margin of Appreciation: Strasbourg and London

Philip Sales
12. Origins and Presentation of the Proportionality Principle in French Case Law

Yoan Sanchez
13. An Italian Perspective on the Principle of Proportionality

Giuseppe Martinico and Marta Simoncini
14. The Application of Proportionality in Denmark in the Light of European Legal Integration

Helle Krunke

Part III: Private Autonomy and Protection of the Weaker Party
15. Private Autonomy and Protection of the Weaker Party

Stephen Weatherill, Stefan Vogenauer and Petra Weingerl
16. Private Autonomy and the Protection of the Weaker Party: Historical

Hector L MacQueen and Stephen Bogle
17. Personal Freedom and the Protection of the Weak through the Lens of Contract: Jurisprudential Overview

Dori Kimel
18. Private Autonomy, Weak Parties and Private Law: Views from Law and Economics

Fernando Gómez and Mireia Artigot
19. Fairness at a Time of Perplexity: The Civil Law Principle of Fairness in the Court of Justice of the
European Union

Daniela Caruso
20. Discrimination on Grounds of Obesity
Niilo Jääskinen
21. Discrimination on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Alina Tryfonidou

Concluding Remarks
22. Judging General Principles

David Edward

Über Autor(innen)

Vogenauer, Stefan
Director at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

Weatherill, Stephen
Stephen Weatherill is the Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College.

Photo courtesy of Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Stefan Vogenauer is Director of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt.

Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law, University of Oxford.