European economic law - Hans W. Micklitz

This books principal theme is exploration of the 'Europeanization' of law. This process is not presented in simplistic terms as the dissolution of national cultures in the European melting-pot. Nor is it presented as a plea for some mythical single European identity. The modern reshaping of the geographical and political patterns of Europe is a complex phenomenon lacking a constitutional blueprint. This book investigates the effect of European integration on law and the effect of law on European integration. - - The book examines legal evolution in selected areas affected by the integrative process and provides the reader with relevant sources in 'European Economic Law'. It focusses on aspects of EC competition policy, governing both public and private sectors; the impact of internal market law on sectors such as advertising, intellectual property and civil law; external relations through the 'European Agreements' and the interface with the GATT/WTO; access to justice; and notions of rights, where the challenge of 'Europeanization' is vividly illustrated by the socio-economic overlap between the EC and the European Convention on Human Rights.