Projects
Mixity in the post-Lisbon EU legal order: A constitutional law assessment in light of the principle of institutional balance Ghent University
Within the scope of its attributed powers, the EU has a competence to enter into international
agreements with third countries and other international organisations. However, the individual EU
Member States have not, as a result, lost their capacity to enter into international agreements.
The Member States losing this competence remains the exception and in most cases there is a
possibility and ...
Standard-based risk regulation in the EU legal order: A shifting function in a multilevel system. University of Antwerp
Reverse discrimination of EU citizens: towards a plural understanding of the relationship between the European Union and the national legal orders KU Leuven
Reverse discrimination occurs when a Union citizen in a purely internal situation is treated less favourably compared with a Union citizen who is in a cross-border situation. According to settled case law of the European Court of Justice, reverse discrimination is not a difference in treatment that is prohibited by European Union law and thus it is left to the Member States to decide individually whether or not reverse discrimination is ...
The German Federal Constitutional Court as guardian of normative sovereignty in a complex European legal order. KU Leuven
The EU-legal order is a complex Legal order. Interactions and possible conflicts between its different components (EU-law in the strict sense, national constitutional law and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms/ECHR) make up for the dynamic nature of the EU-legal order, characterized by the simultaneous validity of different, partly overlapping constitutions. Constitutional courtsare among the ...
The European Union as a Global Actor and its Impact on the International Legal Order. KU Leuven
As the European Union ('EU') seeks to play a greater role as an actor at the international level, this not only gives rise to legal questions for EU law, but also increasingly for public international law. Public international law scholarship focusing on the EU as an actor in international law suffers from numerous conceptual problems, most notably questions regarding how international law should conceive of unique legal entities such as the ...
The Eurasian Economic Union: An Emerging Autonomous Legal Order? Ghent University
The research is aimed at finding whether the new organization of regional integration — the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) — is an emerging autonomous legal order similar to that of the EU. The study will unpack the legal changes that accompany the creation of the EAEU and explore the possibility of effective and autonomous functioning of the EAEU.
The EU and US approach towards personal data protection: “A collision of tides or a convergence of waves?” A legal exploration of the differences and convergences between the EU and the US. KU Leuven
In today’s digitized world, personal data is being requested and collected everywhere. With the emergence of the internet and devices that are connected to the internet, such as smartphones, smartwatches or even smartfridges, the collection of personal data has expanded to an unprecedented scale. Due to globalization, personal data flows are occurring between the EU and the US, since most big tech companies are located in the US but selling ...
Do the EU and relevant national legal frameworks provide for a fair allocation of data control and responsibility in the context of precision medicine? A case study of clinical trials KU Leuven
Clinical research relies on patient participation and the use and (re-)use of sensitive personal data. Moreover, several types of research are heavily dependent on exchange of data between countries (e.g., precision medicine trials), and all health research would benefit from greater, meaningful cross-border collaborations, as shown during the COVID-19 crisis. However, the current legal system for the conduct of cross-border research in the ...
EU economic governance and the right to collective bargaining. A legal research of the problematic relationship between European economic policy and fundamental social rights KU Leuven
This research studies the relationship of EU economic governance with the right to collective bargaining. In addition to legislation, the European Union also uses a hybrid policy method called 'economic governance' to make annual (country specific) recommendations to the member states, the follow-up of which is monitored by the institutions through various mechanisms in the European Semester. ...