Since Anu Bradford’s groundbreaking book on the Brussels Effect there is a vastly evolving literature on the EU as a global regulatory actor as well as the global reach of EU law. This edited collection connects to this debate.
Yet, it shifts the focus from the currently predominant public law focus to investigating European and EU private law and to connecting to literature and research on transnational law. To that end, it proceeds first conceptually by introducing and giving shape to the notion of a “European Transnational Private Law” through four conceptual contributions by the editors. Secondly, it focuses on several sectors (finance, taxation, investment, consumer law, labour law) and topics (climate litigation, global value chains, non-discrimination) to trace sector-specifically the role of EU private law in relation to transnational legal ordering.
Information on Authors 1. European Transnational Private Law – Considerations for a Research Agenda, Anna Beckers, Hans-W Micklitz, Rodrigo Vallejo, Pia Letto-Vanamo Part I: Bases Private Law 2. Three Concepts of European Private Law and the Transnational, Anna Beckers Markets 3. European Law of Regulated Industries and Transnational Private Law, Hans-W Micklitz Legal Theory 4. The Jurisprudence of Process and European Transnational Private Law, Rodrigo Vallejo Legal History 5. The European and the Transnational in Historical Perspective, Pia Letto-Vanamo Part II: Legal Fields Social Law 6. Transnational Labour Law and Private Labour Governance – Regulatory Formula for European Works Councils Revisited, Ulla Liukkunen 7. The Absence of Anti-Discrimination Law in the Global Reach of EU (Private) Law, Mathias Möschel 8. The External Dimension of European Consumer Law, Hans-W Micklitz Finance 9. Transnational European Private Law and the Governance of Global Finance: Confronting Financialisation, Anna Chadwick 10. The Growing Influence of the EU on Global Securities Regulation and Foreign Private Relations, Antonio Marcacci International Trade and Taxation 11. Leveraging EU Trade Agreements and Legislation to Influence Regulation Abroad, Mislav Mataija 12. What Role for the EU in (Re-)Shaping Global Tax Ordering?, Katerina Pantazatou Sustainability 13. Climate Change in Tort Law? The New Regulatory and External Effect of Suits against Private Actors, Vibe Ulfbeck 14. Global Value Chains as Regulatory Proxy: Transnationalising the Internal Market Through EU Law, Jaakko Salminen, Mikko Rajavuori and Klaas Hendrik Eller Index
Anna Beckers is Professor of Private Law and Social Theory, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Hans-W Micklitz is Professor of Economic Law, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Italy. Rodrigo Vallejo is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Pia Letto-Vanamo is Professor Emerita, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.
