Grundfreiheiten und Privatrecht

Torsten Körber examines the principles governing the interaction between the EC Treaty's basic freedoms (free movement of goods, persons, services and capital) and the member states' rules of private law and jurisdiction. The findings are tested and clarified using examples taken from several fields of German law: in particular competition law, company law and conflict of laws. The final chapter of the study analyzes the direct effect of the basic freedoms on legal relationships between private parties.