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1. The Topic ‘Individual Rights in European Union Law’

Author : Bjarte Thorson

Published in: Individual Rights in EU Law

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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References to ‘individual’ European Union law ‘rights’ have been made by and before the Court of Justice of the European Union in hundreds of cases to date, and it is well settled that Union law grants substantive and procedural rights to individuals. The Court of Justice has even characterized the ability for Union law to generate individual rights as perhaps the most distinctive feature of the sui generis EU legal order.

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next chapter Individual Rights in EU Law: General Sub-Topics and Issues

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Title: The Topic ‘Individual Rights in European Union Law’
Author: Bjarte Thorson
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Individual Rights in EU Law
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32770-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32771-6

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32771-6_1