Civil Courts and the European Polity

<b>The chapters collected in this book explore the place and role of judge-made private law in an emerging European polity.</b><br/><b><br/></b>Examining case-law from the perspective of different theories and viewpoints scholars and judges assess and reflect on the role of judges in civil cases for polity-building in Europe. The chapters thus present a kaleidoscopic view on the dynamics of private law adjudication against a European backdrop.<br/> <br/>The book aims to add a private legal perspective to existing discourses in European constitutional law on Europe's political constellation. It aspires to enrich two debates - the first on the influence of fundamental rights in private legal relations and the second on the constitutional dimension of European private law. The contributions are placed within a framework of five sub-categories or dimensions of judge-made European private law: politics of European private law adjudication rights remedies representation and reflections of judges on specific cases.