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The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights on Greek Private Law

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The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights in Private Law

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The chapter that follows examines the influence of fundamental rights in private relations from the perspective of the Greek and EU law. The first section presents the general characteristics of the Greek system of fundamental rights protection. Particular emphasis is given to the influence that the German doctrine of Drittwirkung had in the Greek legal system. In the next four sections of this chapter, the influence of fundamental rights in five different branches of private law is analysed: contract law, tort law, property law and the law of intellectual property rights, and, in the end, family law. Each of these four sections briefly analyses the relevant legislative framework and the fundamental principles of each field of law while a more detailed analysis of the Greek and CJEU case law is adopted as a means to illustrate the most recent trends regarding the influence of fundamental rights on the Greek private law system.

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Deliyanni-Dimitrakou, C., Akrivopoulou, C.M. (2016). The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights on Greek Private Law. In: Trstenjak, V., Weingerl, P. (eds) The Influence of Human Rights and Basic Rights in Private Law. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25337-4_10

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