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Magna Carta and the Charter of the European Union

Peter Gjortler

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Reverse discriminationJudicial reviewConstitutionPolitical scienceLawmedia_common.quotation_subjectReferendumMember statemedia_common.cataloged_instanceCharterEuropean unionTreatymedia_common

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Peter Gjortler explains that the EU Charter was originally introduced as a non-binding re-statement of rights – already acknowledged or interpreted in the EU – with the Nice Treaty of 2001. It was supposed to be a binding document as part of the European Constitution but the latter was rejected notably by France via a referendum in 2005. It was then proposed as a legally binding instrument with the revised Lisbon Treaty. He develops a systematic comparative approach between Magna Carta and the provisions of the Charter of the European Union, notably:

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2016-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42733-1_8