The Relative Autonomy of the EU Human Rights Standard

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doi:10.1017/S1574019608001995

The Relative Autonomy of the EU Human Rights Standard

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2008

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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.

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Bosphorus Connolly Constitutional concept European Court of Human Rights European Court of Justice EU Charter of Human Rights EU Treaty Fundamental rights National courts National implementation Nold Treaty of Lisbon

Type: Editorial
Information: European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 199 - 204

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