Abstract
No area of “legal production” better illustrates the themes of uniformity and diversity and of European multiculturalism than the area of judicial protection against violation of fundamental human rights.1 It is an area of “legal production” par excellence since in this area, since the treaties were silent, it was the court of justice that constructed the entire legal architecture. Thus it is an illustration of how legal actors, with little guidance from political sources, have tried to grapple with the issues of diverse cultural norms.
The two articles by Joseph H. H. Weiler were originally published before the most recent constitutional developments in the legal order of the European Union. We have decided to retain them because of their theoretical and philosophical importance which transcends the specificity of the positive law on which they are based.
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Weiler, J.H.H. (2009). Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Boundaries: Common Standards and Conflicting Values in the Protection of Human Rights in the European Legal Space. In: Kastoryano, R. (eds) An Identity for Europe. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230621282_5
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