EU Compendium Fundamental Rights and Private Law. A Practical Tool for Judges

Contents
Foreword by Vice-President Viviane Reding ......................................................................... VII
Foreword by Professor Andrzej Zoll ....................................................................................... XI
Building a Bridge between Research and Practice:
An Introduction to the Fundamental Rights Action Plan ....................................................... XV
Contributors to the Project .................................................................................................. XXIII
Part 1: Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the EU Member States ......................... 1
I. Sources of Fundamental Rights ......................................................................................... 1
II. Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights ...................................................................... 10
III. Citation Patterns in National Case Law ........................................................................ 16
IV. Institutional Perspective: Court System and Fundamental Rights ................................ 19
V. Fundamental Rights and Harmonisation of EU Private Law ......................................... 23
Part 2: The Impact of Fundamental Rights on Key Areas of Private Law ..................... 26
I. Contract Law ................................................................................................................... 27
A. Comparative Overview ............................................................................................. 27
B. Case Law Examples .................................................................................................. 30
II. Tort Law ........................................................................................................................ 38
A. Comparative Overview ............................................................................................. 38
B. Case Law Examples .................................................................................................. 41
III. Property Law ................................................................................................................ 46
A. Comparative Overview ............................................................................................. 46
B. Case Law Examples .................................................................................................. 48
IV. Family Law ................................................................................................................... 53
A. Comparative Overview ............................................................................................. 53
B. Case Law Examples .................................................................................................. 55
V. Inheritance Law ............................................................................................................. 61
A. Comparative Overview ............................................................................................. 61
B. Case Law Examples .................................................................................................. 62
Part 3: Comparative Case Studies ...................................................................................... 66
I. Non-compete clauses in a commercial agency contract .................................................. 66
II. Tenancy contract and commercial association ............................................................... 71
III. Change of building design ............................................................................................ 74
IV. Medical professional secret .......................................................................................... 78
Annex ...................................................................................................................................... 82
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ................... 82
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ..................................................... 99