A Study of the Notion of EU Law Rights: Plan and Methodology

Abstract

After the current, introductory, part one, this book is divided into three parts. Part two will look at the issues of implementation, interpretation and application of European Union law rules, and the eventual impact of rules granting, or intending to grant, individual rights in those contexts. In part three, the notion of an individual right will be described from the perspective of adequate judicial protection. By looking at rights from the remedy side of the issue, the overriding question in this part is what it means for an individual to hold a Union law right. The hope is that this will help to cast light on what a Union law right actually is. The aforementioned parts culminate in the main part: Part four will look at the sort of rules and principles that grant rights and when individuals may avail themselves of the protection that comes with the position of right holder—or otherwise follows from the finding that a rule granting an individual right has been infringed. In part five, some concluding remarks of a more overarching nature will be made.