Casebook European Law and Private Law
José Caramelo Gomes
11 Project Partners:
Radboud University Nijmegen
KU Leuven
Stockholm University
Universitat Cagliari
Universidade Portucalense
University of Budapeste
Université Jean Moulin, Lion
University of Maastricht
University of Oxford
University of Krakow
University of Würzberg
Funding and project details:
AMMODO Foundation. Grant: € 300.000
Project duration: 48 months
Number of Researchers: 19
IJP Researchers: 4
Research assistants: 14
Jurisdictions included: 20
Objective - To produce one volume of:
IUS COMMUNE CASEBOOKS FOR THE COMMON LAW
OF EUROPE
Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational
and International Law
GENERAL EDITOR: PROF WALTER VAN GERVEN
Deliverable:
Cases, Materials and Text on European Law and
Private Law
• Editor(s): Arthur Hartkamp, Carla Sieburgh, Wouter
Devroe
This Casebook deals with the effects of EU law on relationships between individuals.
These effects have been created by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the basis
of the European Treaties.
The main focus of the Casebook is on the developments relating to primary EU law and their
influence on national private law.
It studies instances where EU primary law has already directly or indirectly influenced the case
law in the Member States, or where it is expected to do so soon.
Compared to the well-known impact of EU directives on private law, these developments
concerning primary EU law are hardly noted by private lawyers and perhaps not sufficiently
explained by scholars of EU law. Therefore the book makes an important contribution to
scholarship and education.
This book highlights developments in the areas of competition law, fundamental freedoms, nondiscrimination, general principles of EU law, ex officio application of provisions of EU law and
implementation of directives, including harmonious interpretation and Francovich liability.
In its analysis of the ways in which EU law interacts with private law, the book will be an
invaluable resource to students, practitioners and academics of EU private law.
Book presentations (so far):
• The Peace Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands
• Palazzo Aldobrandini, Unidroit, Rome, Italy
• Law Faculty of the Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest, Hungary
• Law Faculty of Maribor, Portoroz Conference,
Slovenia
• Encontro Ciência 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
Presenters comments (Christiaan Timmermans and
Paul Nihoul):
“… the book is of seminal importance for its filling a gap…”
“… has the mission to make perceivable what EU law is and what the
European Union is about…”
“… combination of topics (mainly primary EU law and private law) that is
generally overlooked in legal scholarship…”
“… the casebook makes clear that EU law is not just a lot of text but that it
gives the Member States a responsibility to maintain the EU being a
community…”
Further work:
Second grant awarded
Second edition in 48 months
Thank you