Christopher Unseld
Zur Bedeutung der Horizontalwirkung von EU-Grundrechten
Eine rechtsvergleichende Studie zur Dogmatik und Rationalität einfach- und verfassungsrechtlicher Durchsetzung und Abwägung von Grundrechten
[The Horizontal Effect of EU-Fundamental Rights. A Comparative Study on the Horizontal Enforcement and Balancing of Fundamental Rights in Constitutional Law and via Civil Rights Legislation.]
2018. X, 360 pages. Published in German.
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The German third-party effect of fundamental rights (»Drittwirkung«) is predominantly perceived as a positive achievement. Christopher Unseld shows, by leaning on Foucault's theory on governmentality and recapitulating the US Supreme Court's »state action doctrine«, that this is by no means self-evident. His thesis raises doubts as to whether the CJEU's seemingly progressive horizontal effect jurisprudence truly represents a positive twist on the European constitutional project.