Politics of Justice in European Private Law - Social Justice, Access Justice, Societal Justice

Compares national concepts of social justice with the developing European concept of access justice.

List of contents

Part I. The Awaking of the Social and its Transformation in England, France and Germany; Part II. Justice beyond the Nation State - the European Experiment; Part III. Considerations on the Post Classical Private Law; Part IV. Conclusions and Outlook.

About the author

Hans-W Micklitz is Professor for Economic Law at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki, 2015–2020, Head of the Institute of European and Consumer Law (VIEW) in Bamberg. He has held consultancies at OECD, UNEP and CI (Consumers International). Hans-W Micklitz was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and at the Somerville College at the University of Oxford.

Summary

Highlights the differences between Member States' concepts of social justice, which have developed historically, and the distinct European concept of access justice, and argues that a more positive and promising European concept of justice is developing.

Product details

• Authors: Hans-W Micklitz, Hans-W (European University Institute Micklitz, MICKLITZ HANS W
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108424127
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42412-7
• No. of pages: 486
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Europe, LAW / International, Public International Law, Private International Law & Conflict Of Laws, Private international law and conflict of laws