Research handbook on EU law and human rights

The place of human rights in EU law has been a central issue in contemporary debates about the character of the European Union as a political organisation. This Research Handbook explores the principles underlying fundamental rights norms and the way such norms operate in the case law of the Court of Justice.

Leading scholars in the field discuss both the effect of rights on substantive areas of EU law and the role of EU institutions in protecting them. Organised into three parts, their contributions examine the current state of the law as well as the direction of future developments in the field. The first part discusses the normative and doctrinal framework for the protection of human rights in the EU. The second part focuses on EU external relations and on the interaction between EU law and other sources of human rights rules such as the European Convention on Human Rights and international law. Finally, the third part considers the influence of human rights in areas where the EU takes action.

Timely and astute, this Research Handbook will appeal to students and scholars of European law and human rights law. It will also prove a valuable and comprehensive resource for practitioners, policymakers, NGO and government officials.

Contributors include: M. Bobek, S. Bogojevic, M. Cartabia, S.A. de Vries, S. Douglas-Scott, A. Egan, M. Fichera, J. Fraczyk, X. Groussot, E. Guild, N. Hatzis, L. Khadar, T. Lock, S. Ninatti, A. O'Neill, L. Pech, S. Peers, N.N. Shuibhne, S. Smismans, V. Smith, K. Tuori, A.H. Türk, A. Ward, S. Weatherill, L. Woods, A.L. Young, K.S. Ziegler

Introduction / Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and Nicholas Hatzis -- Fundamental rights as a political myth of the EU: can the myth survive? / Stijn Smismans -- The pluralism of European fundamental rights law / Kaarlo Tuori -- The Charter of Fundamental Rights and the EU's 'creeping' competences: does the Charter have a centrifugal effect for fundamental rights in the EU? / Sybe A de Vries -- The right to move and reside: disentangling the dual dynamics of fundamental rights in EU citizenship law / Niamh Nic Shuibhne -- Administrative law and fundamental rights / Alexander H. Türk -- EU fundamental rights and judicial reasoning: towards a theory of human rights adjudication for the European Union / Alison L. Young -- Remedies under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights / Angela Ward -- EU fundamental rights in a devolved United Kingdom / Aidan O'Neill -- Fundamental rights in the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights / Marta Cartabia and Stefania Ninatti -- The EU before the European Court of Human Rights after accession / Tobias Lock -- Respect for human rights as a general objective of the EU's external action / Annabel Egan and Laurent Pech -- Autonomy: from myth to reality -- or hubris on a tightrope? EU law, human rights and international law / Katja S. Ziegler -- Fundamental rights and fundamental values in the old and new Europe / Michal Bobek -- Weak right, strong Court -- the freedom to conduct business and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights / Xavier Groussot, Gunar Thor Pétursson and Justin Pierce -- Fundamental rights in the application of competition law in the EU / Vincent Smith -- The internal market and EU fundamental rights / Stephen Weatherill -- Data protection, privacy and the foreigner / Elspeth Guild -- Digital freedom of expression in the EU / Lorna Woods -- EU fundamental rights and the European Arrest Warrant / Massimo Fichera -- Immigration, asylum and human rights in the European Union / Steve Peers -- EU human rights law and environmental protection: the beginning of a beautiful friendship? / Sanja Bobojević -- EU fundamental rights and the financial crisis / James Fraczyk -- EU law and social rights / Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and Nicholas Hatzis.