The Relative Autonomy of the EU Human Rights Standard

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Publication date 06-2008
Journal European Constitutional Law Review
Volume | Issue number 4 | 2
Pages (from-to) 199–204
Number of pages 6
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR)
Abstract To this day the founding treaties of the European Union contain no legally binding bill of rights in the traditional sense protecting religion, privacy, family life, the freedom of expression, and so forth. As we all know, while the European Court of Justice initially rejected appeals relying on fundamental rights as found in national constitutions, the Court changed its position under pressure of German courts.
Document type Editorial
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019608001995
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