The EU Social Market Economy and the Law

Dr. Delia Ferri is a Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University Department of Law Prof. Dr. Fulvio Cortese is Full Professor of Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento

CONTENTS



Foreword



BRUNO DE WITTE

List of Contributors



Table of Legislation



Table of cases



Introduction



DELIA FERRI and FULVIO CORTESE



PART I














The EU Between Market State Ideals and Social Market Economy Objectives: Placing the Social Market Economy within the Union’s Constitutional History




CHARLES EDWARD O’SULLIVAN






The EU Transformation of the Social State




MARCO DANI






Social rights, Social Market Economy, and the European Social Model: Tracing Conceptual Boundaries




STEFANO CIVITARESE MATTEUCCI






EU Citizenship and the Social Market Economy: Shifting Balances




GIACOMO DELLEDONNE





PART II






W(h)ither Social Europe? Labour Rights in a Social Market Economy




MICHAEL DOHERTY






The Social Dimension of EU Public Procurement and The Social Market Economy




CHRISTOPHER BOVIS






Social Considerations in EU Competition Law: The Protection of Competition as a Cornerstone of the Social Market Economy




ANDREAS HEINEMANN






State Aid Law in a Social Market Economy




DELIA FERRI and JUAN JORGE PIERNAS LÓPEZ






Services of General Economic Interest and Social Considerations




JUAN JORGE PIERNAS LÓPEZ






Social Services, Service Providers and Non-Economic Activities in the Realm of the EU ‘Social Market Economy’




SILVIA PELLIZZARI






Cross-Border Healthcare and the Social Market Economy




LUCIA BUSATTA and TAMARA HERVEY






Social Considerations in EU Consumer Law: The Legislator, the Court and a Rhapsody in Blue




VANESSA MAK






Towards a More Socially Orientated EU Copyright Law: A Soft Paradigm Shift after Lisbon?




CATERINA SGANGA






The Social Dimension of EU Energy Law




GOKCE METE and RAPHAEL HEFFRON






The Social Dimension of the Common Commercial Policy




VIVIAN KUBE and LUIGI PEDRESCHI






The Social Dimension of EU Investment Law and Policy








SONDRA FACCIO



Conclusion



DELIA FERRI and FULVIO CORTESE



INDEX