The Involvement of Eu Law in Private Law Relationships - (Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative) (Hardcover)

About the Book

The involvement of the EU in regulating private conduct and the relationships between individuals is increasing. EU law thus affects the scope of private autonomy in ever wider contexts, sparking tensions with fundamental concepts of national private law systems. This volume explores the involvement of EU law in private law relationships.

Book Synopsis

The involvement of the EU in regulating private conduct and relationships between individuals is increasing. As a result, EU law affects the scope of private autonomy in ever wider contexts, sparking tensions with fundamental concepts of national private law systems. This volume offers a descriptive and normative account of the involvement of EU law in private law relationships. The recurring theme in the collected papers is the scope of policy objectives which are apt to legitimise the European Union's as yet unsystematic tendency to serve as a source of restrictions of private autonomy. The nature and purpose of the involvement of European Union law in private law relationships is investigated by the authors from both the substantive and the constitutional perspective. The papers look at such sectors regulating private law relationships as consumer law, labour law, competition law, equal treatment law and the law of remedies. While focusing on private law relationships the authors investigate more general concepts of EU law, such as the Internal Market freedoms and general principles of law, and the different modes of ensuring the effective application of EU secondary law.

Review Quotes

"This publication is the extension of a conference held in Oxford, which brought together top academics. This excellent book includes contributions from incisive legal experts who examined the nature and purpose of the involvement of European Union law in private law." --Agence Europe's Daily Bulletin, No 10893

About the Author

Dorota Leczykiewicz is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Peter's College.
Professor Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, Deputy Director for European Law in the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law, and a Fellow of Somerville College.