EU Law, Fundamental Rights and National Democracy

The orthodox view is that rights complement democracy. This book critically examines this view in the context of EU fundamental rights, specifically in situations where EU law requires member states to respect EU fundamental rights.

Eduardo Gill-Pedro is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden

1: Introduction; PART I; 2: The Claim of Democratic Legitimacy; 3: Democracy and Human Rights; 4: Human Rights, Courts and Democracy; PART II; 5: The EU and the Member States; 6: The Point of Fundamental Rights in EU Law; 7: The Foundations of EU Fundamental Rights; 8: The EU Citizen as a Bearer of EU Rights; 9: Conclusion