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First Fundamental Rights Documents in Europe

Commemorating 800 Years of Magna Carta

Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Markku Suksi, Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides, Jean-Paul Lehners, Manfred Nowak
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With the spotlight on Magna Carta, which is 800 years old in 2015, and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789, which together are of undeniable importance for fundamental rights-thinking, the existence of similar fundamental rights documents in other European countries is often overlooked. Such fundamental rights documents did, however, exist in the precursors to the current European Union Member States. Some of the documents are ancient, even older than Magna Carta, and some are more recent, but all of them are texts that deserve to be brought out and analysed alongside Magna Carta and the French Declaration in order to better understand the evolution of fundamental rights thinking in Europe.

This volume paints a multi-faceted picture of historical fundamental rights documents in the European space by collating the experience of 24 European Union Member States at times in history when most of these states did not even exist. It is the first comprehensive and systematic evaluation of early fundamental rights thinking across Europe and it reveals surprising diversity. Spanning documents from the fifth century BC right through to the 19th century and early 20th century AD, this review opens up themes not normally found in historiographical analyses of fundamental rights.

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Type of product Book
Format Paperback
EAN / ISSN 9781780683607 / 9781780685281
Weight 590 g
Status Available
Number of pages xiv + 360 p.
Access to exercice No
Publisher Intersentia
Language English
Publication Date Nov 16, 2015
Available on Jurisquare No
Available on Strada Belgique No
Available on Strada Europe No
Available on Strada Luxembourg No
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  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction
    Markku Suksi, Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides, Jean-Paul Lehners, Manfred Nowak
  • PART I
  • 2. The United Kingdom: From Magna Carta 1215 to the Rule of Law
    Dawn Oliver
  • 3. Ireland: Individual and Group Rights in Ancient Irish Law
    Brendan Tobin, Michael O'Flaherty
  • 4. Italy: The Liber Paradisus — A Vision of Good Governance
    Paolo De Stefani
  • 5. Hungary: The Historic Constitution as the Place of Memory
    Ivett Csaszar, Balazs Majtényi
  • 6. Belgium: From Collective Privileges to Individual Rights
    Wim Decock, Koen Lemmens
  • 7. Austria: Manorial Regulation of Mining and Use of Forests as Potential Antecedents in Fundamental Rights
    Marija Wakounig
  • 8. Spain: The First Cry for Justice in the Americas — From Antonio de Montesinos to the Laws of Burgos (1512)
    Felipe Gómez Isa
  • 9. Lithuania: From Equality to Inequality and to Equality Again
    Vygante Milasiute
  • 10. Poland: From the Golden Liberty of the Nobles to Fundamental Rights
    Agata Hauser, Zdzislaw Kedzia
  • PART II
  • 11. France: Foundational Importance of the Declaration of 1789
    Florence Benoît-Rohmer
  • 12. Sweden: Free Press as a First Fundamental Right
    Anna-Sara Lind
  • 13. The Netherlands: The Batavian Staatsregeling as the First Fundamental Rights Document
    Louis Berkvens
  • 14. Portugal: ‘Tropical Versailles’ in the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
    Tereza Pizarro Beleza, Helena Pereira de Melo
  • 15. Luxembourg: Fundamental Rights in a Small State
    Charlotte Wirth
  • 16. Greece: Reflections from the Hellenic Legal Tradition
    Stelios Perrakis, Maria Daniella Marouda
  • 17. Denmark: In Love with Tradition
    Eva Lassen
  • 18. Germany: Fundamental Rights as an Instrument Towards the Rechtstaat
    Anja Mihr
  • 19. The Czech Republic: On the Road to Rights and Freedoms
    Jan Holzer, Hubert Smekal
  • 20. Romania: The Birth of Fundamental Rights as a Form of Political Contention
    Liana Andreea Ionita
  • 21. Bulgaria: The Liberal Tarnovo Constitution
    Nikolay Natov
  • 22. Finland: Rights to Facilitate Participation
    Markku Suksi
  • 23. Estonia: First Landmarks of Fundamental Rights
    Hesi Siimets-Gross, Marelle Leppik
  • 24. Slovakia: The Right of a Nation
    Tomas Gabris, Maria Patakyova
  • 25. Latvia: Second Part of the Constitution as a Project for Next Generations
    Arturs Kucs, Janis Pleps
  • 26. The History of Fundamental Rights in Europe: A Long and Winding Road
    Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides, Jean-Paul Lehners, Manfred Nowak, Markku Suksi
  • Index