Rights Protection squared – How the CJEU and the ECtHR will get along in the future
On Monday, only two days after the royal wedding, a conference with a highly distinguished band of legal professionals turned to the more civilian question of EU rights litigation: current and former judges of European and national courts, representatives of States and of the EU as well as legal scholars reported on and discussed future challenges to the pluralized fundamental rights protection within Europe. With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009 the European lawyer can now choose from a confusing, multi-layered normative system: There are the national fundamental rights, the four freedoms of the European internal ... continue reading
