Towards a European Public Law

Abstract

This book argues that, on the basis of the law of the European Union (EU), the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and the domestic public law of the countries of Europe, a European public law is taking shape. European law is marked to a large extent by the differences which subsist between the cultures and legal systems of Europe; nevertheless European legal integration has been quickened by the similarities that exist and the wish for integration. The book analyses the historical development of the European legal project, and the challenges of the model of European public law and what is needed for it to strengthen. It concludes that by means of three circles—the law of the EU, the ECHR, and domestic law—a European public law is emerging. This European public law is renewing the way in which international and domestic law co-exists, and the very co-existence between the State and the law itself.