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Fundamental Rights and Private Law in Europe: The Case of Tort Law and Children Ferreira, Nuno (University of Manchester, UK) Reprint edition
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Fundamental Rights and Private Law in Europe: The Case of Tort Law and Children
Ferreira, Nuno (University of Manchester, UK)
The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung or ?horizontal effect of fundamental rights?. It discusses the different models of ?horizontal effect? and the impact that fundamental rights may have in shaping tort law, especially the position of child tortfeasors. The book concentrates on several European jurisdictions, namely France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, and England and Wales. At a crossroad between human rights and European private law, this study draws insights from several legal fields (international, European, tort, constitutional and child law), sociology, psychology, and feminist studies. It also considers policy implications and advances proposals which would ensure the optimisation of the effect, and maximisation of the effectiveness, of fundamental rights in tort law, and more generally in private law. This book departs from traditional legal doctrines and offers a more pragmatic, comprehensive and just legal analysis of the role of fundamental rights in private law. It will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers and activists with an interest in human rights, tort law, comparative law, children?s rights and European private law.
258 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 12, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415859295 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 258 |
| Dimensions | 233 × 155 × 20 mm · 462 g |
| Language | English |
