Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union 2 Volume Set Book

Volume I: Part I. Introduction: Fundamental rights and private law in the European Union: concepts and methodology of a research project Gert Brüggemeier, Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi and Giovanni Comandé; Part II. National Reports: 1. England; 2. The horizontal effect of fundamental rights and freedoms in European Union law; 3. France; 4. Germany; 5. Italy; 6. Poland; 7. Portugal; 8. Spain; 9. Sweden; 10. The Netherlands; Part III. Comparative Remarks: 11. Introduction: some methodological premises; 12. Fundamental rights; 13. Fundamental rights, private law and legal theory; 14. Fundamental rights adjudication in private law; 15. Some tentative conclusions on fundamental rights and European private law. Volume II: Introduction Gert Brüggemeier and Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi; Part I. Contract: 1. The impact of fundamental rights on the content of contracts: determining limits to freedom of contract in family and employment relations Chiara Perfumi and Chantal Mak; 2. Contractual duties of care, confidence and cooperation in the context of fundamental rights and constitutional principles Maria Gagliardi and Anna Sukhova; Part II. Tort: 3. Mapping out a right to privacy in tort law Patrick O'Callaghan and Joanna Krzemińska-Vamvaka; 4. Non-pecuniary damages: how fundamental rights shake traditional barriers Sabine Wünsch and Francesco Panetti; 5. Claims for non-pecuniary losses by 'third persons' upon death and injury Agnieszka Janczuk and Maria Manuel Veloso Gomes; 6. 'Wrongful life' claims and the absolute value of human life – a contradiction? Christoph Herrmann and Gisela Kern; Part III. Property: 7. Private property, public access and the access to information – a comparative analysis Jana Gajdosova and Stathis Banakas; 8. Action against emissions: fundamental rights and the extension of the right to sue in private nuisance to non-owners Maria Dolores Sánchez Galera and Judith Zehetner; Part IV. Family: 9. Different legal treatment of married and unmarried couples in the European Union Chiara Favilli and Nuno Ferreira; 10. 'Mater Semper Certa Est, Pater Numquam.' The use of biological testing in disputed paternity cases Carol Forrest and Teresa Russo; 11. Concluding remarks Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi.