European fundamental rights and freedoms / edited by Dirk Ehlers ; with contributions by Ulrich Becker ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ehlers, Dirk.

Becker, Ulrich.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

De Gruyter textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--Europe.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Recht, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ever increasing relevance of European law which involves replacement or supplementation of and interaction with national law not only affects the states in Europe but also, and foremost, the citizens. The rights of the citizens in Europe are protected by the European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The aim of this textbook is to grasp and illustrate the meaning of these rights and to integrate it into a coherent system. For this purpose the book not only deals with the pertinent law of the European Union and the European Community, but also with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which, too, is becoming more and more important. In addition, regard is had to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union which forms part of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Although the Charter is not yet legally binding since the Constitution has not been ratified by all EU Member States, the Community Courts already make reference to it as a concentrate of the constitutional traditions common to the Member States. It therefore does not seem entirely unlikely that the Charter might be included into the existing Treaties irrespective of the future constitutional developments on the EU level. On a similar anticipatory basis the book also takes into account those Protocols to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms that have not yet entered into force.

Contents:

pt. 1. The notion of European fundamental rights and freedoms

pt. 2. European convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms

pt. 3. The fundamental freedoms of the European communities

pt. 4. The fundamental rights of the European Union

pt. 5. Citizenship rights in Europe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110971965

3110971968

OCLC:

843635860