Involvement of EU Law in Private Law Relationships

Dorota Leczykiewicz is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Peter's College. Professor Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, Deputy Director for European Law in the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law, and a Fellow of Somerville College.

• 1 Private Law Relationships and EU Law Dorota Leczykiewicz and Stephen Weatherill2 The Elusive Character of Private Autonomy in EU Law Stephen Weatherill3 The European Union, its Member States and their Citizens Monica Claes4 Freedom of Contract and the Horizontal Effect of Free Movement Law Gareth Davies5 The Impact of the General Principles of Union Law upon Private Relationships Michael Dougan6 Who Determines What Civil Courts Decide? Private Rights, Public Policy and EU Law Simon Whittaker7 The General Principles of Civil Law: Their Nature, Roles and Legitimacy Martijn W Hesselink8 The Court of Justice's Principle of Effectiveness and its Unforeseeable Impact on Private Law Relationships Peter Rott9 The Constitutional Dimension of Private Law Liability Rules in the EU Dorota Leczykiewicz10 Social Dumping, Multi-level Governance and Private Law in Employment Relationships Hugh Collins11 The Impact of the Non-Discrimination Principle on Private Autonomy Norbert Reich12 The Involvement of EU Law in Personal Work Relations: A Defining Issue for European Private Law? Mark Freedland13 Black Lists and Private Autonomy in EU Contract Law Daniela Caruso14 EU Law and Consumer Transactions without an Internal Market Dimension Christian Twigg-Flesner15 The 'Average Consumer' of EU Law in Domestic and European Litigation Vanessa Mak16 'Spillovers' from EU Law into National Law: (Un)intended Consequences for Private Law Relationships Angus Johnston17 Competition Law and Contract: The Euro-defence Okeoghene Odudu

This publication is the extension of a conference held in Oxford, which brought together top academics. This excellent book includes contributions from incisive legal experts who examined the nature and purpose of the involvement of European Union law in private law.