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Eduardo Gill-Pedro

Associate senior lecturer

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Whose Freedom is it Anyway? The Fundamental Rights of Companies in EU Law

Author

  • Eduardo Gill-Pedro

Summary, in English

Companies enjoy increasingly extensive protection of their fundamental right to conduct business under EU law. This article will examine whether this protection is justified by reference to the foundational value of human freedom. In other words, does the way in which EU law protects the fundamental rights of companies to conduct business promote the freedom of individuals human beings within the European Union.

Department/s

  • Department of Law

Publishing year

2022-07-07

Language

English

Pages

183-206

Publication/Series

European Constitutional Law Review

Volume

18

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • EU law
  • Fundamental rights
  • Legal persons
  • Right to conduct business
  • Legal theory
  • Freedom
  • Court of justice of the EU
  • EU-rätt
  • Grundläggande rättigheter
  • Juridiska personer
  • Rätt att bedriva verksamhet
  • Rättsteori
  • Frihet
  • EU-domstolen

Status

Published

Project

  • The Company as a European Supercitizen? The protection of the human rights of corporate persons in European law.

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1574-0196