Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law: Constructing Legal Orders in Europe

Contents
List of contributors
Introduction to the Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law • Katja S. Ziegler, Päivi J. Neuvonen and Violeta Moreno-Lax
PART I: FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
	1 General principles in the EU legal order: past, present and future directions • Päivi J. Neuvonen and Katja S. Ziegler
	2 General principles of law: treaty, historical, and normative foundations • Paul Craig
	3 Harmonisation through general principles of law • Andreas von Arnauld
	4 The use of substantive international law by the EU judiciary • Alexander Orakhelashvili
	5 General principles of EU law and comparative law • Giuseppe Martinico
PART II: COMPETENCES
	6 The equality of the Member States • Monica Claes
	7 Loyalty and solidarity as general principles • Marcus Klamert
	8 The principle of institutional balance: rise, eclipse and revival of a general principle of EU constitutional law • Sébastien Platon
PART III: STRUCTURAL AND FORMAL CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
	9 Four functions of the principle of primacy in the post-Lisbon case law of the European Court of Justice • Clara Rauchegger
	10 The horizontal application of the general principles of EU law: nothingless than direct effect • Nicole Lazzerini
	11 The principle of proportionality in EU law and its domestic application: ni tout à fait le même, ni tout à fait un autre • Eirik Bjorge and Jan Zglinski
	12 General principles of procedural justice • Simona Demková and Herwig C.H. Hofmann
	13 Autonomy of the EU legal order – a general principle? On the risks of normative functionalism and selective constitutionalisation • Violeta Moreno-Lax and Katja S. Ziegler
PART IV: CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDING VALUES
	14 Liberty and democracy as fundamental constitutional principles of EU law • Dora Kostakopoulou
	15 The general principle of equality as a value commitment in EU law: scope, limits, and challenges • Päivi J. Neuvonen
	16 The rule of law as the constitutional foundation of the general principles of EU law • Theodore Konstadinides
	17 General principles: taking rights seriously and waving the rule-of-law stick in the European Union • Xavier Groussot and Johan Lindholm
	18 Human rights and general principles: beyond the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights • Katja S. Ziegler and Aristi Volou
PART V: EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
	19 General principles of equal treatment in EU non-discrimination law • Christa Tobler
	20 General principle of equality between men and women • Jule Mulder
PART VI: FREE MOVEMENT AND INTERNAL MARKET
	21 General principles in free movement law: applicability and application • Jukka Snell
	22 The prohibition of abuse of EU law: a special general principle • Graham Butler and Karsten Engsig Sørensen
	23 General principles of EU law in EU antitrust • Max Hjärtström and Julian Nowag
	24 General principles in EU state aid law • Oana Stefan
	25 General principles in EU public procurement law • Sylvia de Mars
PART VII: PRIVATE LAW
	26 The many (general) principles of EU private law • Lucinda Miller
	27 General principles of EU corporate and insolvency law • Federico M. Mucciarelli
PART VIII: AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
	28 General principles and EU criminal law • Ester Herlin-Karnell
	29 Mutual trust as a driver of integration: which way forward? • Cristina Sáenz Pérez
	30 Data protection and general principles of EU law • Wouter van Ballegooij
	31 The child’s best interests as a gap filler and expander of EU law in internal situations • Iris Goldner Lang
PART IX: EXTERNAL RELATIONS
	32 EU general principles in external relations: shaping the EU as a global actor and dealing with its accountability • Anne Thies
	33 The external dimension of the principle of conferral: division of competences in international trade • Ewa Żelazna
	34 General principles in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy • Ramses A. Wessel
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