European fundamental rights and freedoms

The ever increasing relevance of European law which involves replacement or supplementation of and interaction with national law not only affects the states in Europe but also, and foremost, the citizens. The rights of the citizens in Europe are protected by the European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The aim of this textbook is to grasp and illustrate the meaning of these rights and to integrate it into a coherent system. For this purpose the book not only deals with the pertinent law of the European Union and the European Community, but also with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which, too, is becoming more and more important. In addition, regard is had to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union which forms part of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Although the Charter is not yet legally binding since the Constitution has not been ratified by all EU Member States, the Community Courts already make reference to it as a concentrate of the constitutional traditions common to the Member States. It therefore does not seem entirely unlikely that the Charter might be included into the existing Treaties irrespective of the future constitutional developments on the EU level. On a similar anticipatory basis the book also takes into account those Protocols to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms that have not yet entered into force.

Contents:
Part I: The Notion of European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
1. History and development of European fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms - Christian Walter

Part II: European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
2. General principles - Dirk Ehlers
3. Personal rights and the prohibition of discrimination - Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack
4. Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association - Thilo Marauhn
5. Economic fundamental rights - Bernhard W. Wegener
6. Fundamental judicial and procedural rights - Christoph Grabenwarter

Part III: The Fundamental Freedoms of the European Communities
7. General principles - Dirk Ehlers
8. Free movement of goods - Astrid Epiney
9. Freedom of movement for workers - Ulrich Becker
10. Freedom of establishment - Christian Tietje
11. The free movement of services - Eckhard Pache
12. Freedom of movement of capital and payments - Peter von Wilmowsky
13. Prohibition of discrimination due to nationality - Thorsten Kingreen

Part IV: The Fundamental Rights of the European Union
14. General principles - Dirk Ehlers
15. Human dignity, fundamental rights of personality and communication - Frank Schorkopf
16. The right to pursue a freely chosen occupation - Matthias Ruffert
17. The fundamental right to property - Christian Calliess
18. Basic rights of equality and social rights - Thorsten Kingreen
19. Judicial and procedural fundamental rights - Jörg Gundel
20. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Christian Calliess

Part V: Citizenship Rights in Europe
21. European citizenship rights - Stefan Kadelbach

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