Download or read book Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights written by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of human rights in EU law has been a central issue in contemporary debates about the character of the European Union as a political organisation. This comprehensive and timely Handbook explores the principles underlying the development of fundamental rights norms and the way such norms operate in the case law of the Court of Justice. Leading scholars in the field discuss both the effect of rights on substantive areas of EU law and the role of EU institutions in protecting them.