“FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND PRIVATE LAW
IN THE EUROPEAN UNION”
Mid-November the ‘Diritti & Regole
Laboratorio Interdisciplinare’ of the Scuola
Superiore Sant’Anna will be welcoming to Pisa
the researchers involved in the European
Research Training Network on the field of
‘Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the
European Union’. Nine universities throughout
the whole of Europe co-operate in this
international project that aims at charting the
horizontal effect of fundamental rights in
European private law. The research is based on
a bottom-up approach, investigating case law
in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal,
England, Sweden, the Netherlands and Poland.
The project thus aspires to contribute to a
further clarification of the interconnection
between constitutional law and private law.
The evaluative meeting in November marks the
halftime of the four-year project.
In the context of this meeting, on Saturday 13th
of November a public event is organised on the
theme of European constitutionalisation. After
an introduction offering public and private law
perspectives on ‘Fundamental Rights and
Private Law in the European Union’, some of
the co-ordinators of the various research units
will present the summary results of the project,
touching upon such topics as: the effect of
fundamental rights in domestic private law;
harmonisation of private law in Europe;
differences and similarities between the
approaches adopted in the various countries;
the role of the courts in the protection of
fundamental rights between private parties.
Research Training Network
“FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND
PRIVATE LAW IN THE EUROPEAN
UNION”
Chairman
Prof. F.D. Busnelli
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
Fundamental Rights and Private law
A private law expert’s view
Prof. G. Alpa
Università di Roma La Sapienza
Fundamental Rights and Private law
A constitutional ‘view of the
cathedral’
Prof. Sen. G. Amato
European University Institute, Florence
Italy
One European 'View of the
cathedral': Personality Rights
Prof. G. Brüggemeier
ZERP, University Bremen,
Germany
The “northern” countries
perspective
Prof. B. Dufwa
University of Stockholm, Sweden
The constitution of private law
Suggestions from the Netherlands
Prof. J.H. Nieuwenhuis
University of Leiden, Netherlands
Fundamental Rights and Private
law: insights from Portugal
Prof. J. Sinde Monteiro
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Notes for a first comparison
Prof. G. Comandé
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa,
Italy
Centro
Research Training Network
“FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
AND PRIVATE LAW IN THE
EUROPEAN UNION”
Saturday 13 November 2004
10.30-13.00
The Fundamental Rights and Private Law
research project is funded by the European
Union and part of the FP5 (filed under
HPNR-CT-2002-00228).
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