The Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights in the European Union: A Constitutional Analysis

Awards:   Winner of Joint Winner of the 2020 UACES Best Book Prize.
Author:   Eleni Frantziou (Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham Law School, University of Durham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198837152


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 February 2019
Format:   Hardback
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The Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights in the European Union: A Constitutional Analysis


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  • Winner of Joint Winner of the 2020 UACES Best Book Prize.

Overview

This book analyses the horizontal effect of fundamental rights in the European Union, from a constitutional perspective. It advances two main arguments: First, it argues that the horizontal effect of fundamental rights (i.e. their application to disputes between private parties) cannot be usefully discussed based on the existing EU horizontality doctrine, which associates horizontality with the exercise of horizontal direct effect only. That doctrine is characterised by a series of overly technical rules as to how the latter may be produced and has a case-specific nature that lacks overall constitutional coherence. Secondly, the book argues that a substantive theory of horizontality is required in EU law and sketches its main parameters. In the fundamental rights context, horizontal effect has organisational implications for society, which go beyond specific intersubjective disputes. It is argued that its determination requires an explicit recognition of the public character of certain private platforms of will formation (e.g. the workplace) and a discussion of the role of fundamental rights therein. At the same time, a constitutionally adequate model of horizontality involves an acknowledgment of the supranational character of EU adjudication: the determination of horizontal applicability of a fundamental right within a type of private authority relationship falls upon the Court of Justice, but the precise manifestation of horizontal effect (e.g. direct, indirect or state-mediated effect) rests with national courts.

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Author:   Eleni Frantziou (Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham Law School, University of Durham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780198837152


ISBN 10:   0198837151
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Abstract Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction PART I - The Constitutional Foundations of Horizontality 1: The Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights as a Constitutional Problem 2: The Constitutional Operation of Horizontality PART II - The Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights in EU Law 3: From Defrenne to the Charter: Understanding the EU Horizontality Heritage 4: Horizontal Effect after the Entry into Force of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 5: Horizontal Effect and the Hybrid Constitutional Structure of EU Law PART III - A Theory of Horizontality for Fundamental Rights in the EU 6: Rediscovering Supranational Constitutional Reasoning in the Interpretation of Horizontality 7: A Justification for Horizontality: Political Equality 8: The Application of a Constitutional Theory of Horizontality in EU Fundamental Rights Law: Two Clarifications and a Question Conclusion

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The book will be of great value for scholars to appreciate the extensiveness of fundamental rights applicability in private relations today, from an EU law and constitutional theory perspective. * Isabella Mancini, European Law Review *


The book will be of great value for scholars to appreciate the extensiveness of fundamental rights applicability in private relations today, from an EU law and constitutional theory perspective. * Isabella Mancini, European Law Review * Eleni Frantziou has made the effort of developing an autonomous doctrine of horizontality for EU fundamental rights, sitting on its own foundations and avoiding unnecessary interference from other jurisprudential debates. She assumes this challenge well aware of the risks and difficulties, but the book succeeds in reaching such a goal. [...] the author has the merit of producing a coherent intellectual proposal that deserves careful consideration. * Daniel Sarmiento, The EU Law Live blog *


Author Information

Eleni Frantziou is an Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights at Durham Law School. She has previously held teaching positions at the University of Westminster and University College London.

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