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The European Fundamental Freedoms A Contextual Approach

Author: Pedro Caro de Sousa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198727729
Published In: April 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Law can be looked at from both an internal legal perspective - reflected in the official discourse supporting legal decisions - and an external perspective - which is pursued by studies that look at the law from the outside as the subject of sociological, economic, or philosophical analysis.

This external dimension - related to extra-legal factors that impact the law, such as the institutional environment in which the law is applied - is usually ignored, or not addressed systematically by studies that focus on the internal perspective.

By systematically internalizing these 'external' elements into legal theory and practice, contextual approaches lead to the development of better descriptive theories and more attractive normative models of the law, and specifically EU law, than de-contextualized approaches allow for.

Additionally, contextual approaches are more self-aware than de-contextualized approaches, since they are able to make sense of the role that legal practice (by judges, legal practitioners, and academics) plays in the development of the law. It is through a contextual approach that Pedro Caro de Sousa develops a general theory of European constitutional law, in particular free movement law and the EU fundamental freedoms.

As a contribution to the development of EU constitutionalism, this monograph focuses on the interplay between the different normative concerns behind the EU's market freedoms identified in traditional legal discourse and the various extra-legal and institutional factors that affect how that law is applied and develops in practice.

Moving away from traditional studies of free movement law, Caro de Sousa's book offers a fresh approach to free movement law. Rather than proposing normative approaches, he uses this approach to construct a broader thesis: that the EU law of free movement can best be understood as interplay of traditional legal doctrines and practices and the specific institutional environment where this law is applied and developed.

Introduction

SECTION I: THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DIMENSIONS
1. The External Dimension - Law, Courts, and the Courts of Justice of the EU
2. The Market Freedoms' Common Normative Foundations

SECTION II: THE MARKET FREEDOMS
3. The Concept of Restriction on Free Movement- An Introduction
4. Restricting Free Movement Rights - Unpacking the Normative Foundations
5. Re-framing the Concept of Restriction
6. The Fundamental Freedom's Scope - Beyond Restriction

Conclusion