The charter of fundamental rights of the European Union: Pandora’s box or panacea?

Abstract

Aims to trace the legal bases for the protection of fundamental rights in the European Community and the European Union, but looks here at internal policy only. Though there was no basis in the Treaty of Rome (1957) for human rights, the European Court of Justice has declared that fundamental human rights are enshrined in the general principles of Community law and thereby protected by the Court. Investigates the Charter, in full, herein

Citation

Ryland, D. (2003), "The charter of fundamental rights of the European Union: Pandora’s box or panacea?", Managerial Law, Vol. 45 No. 5/6, pp. 145-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090550310770974