European legal values
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The debate on “European legal values” currently constitutes one of the most intense and, at the same time, most controversial disputes unfolding at the intersection of law, political science, philosophy, and sociology. This concept has become a key element of integrative discourse, judicial argumentation, and political rhetoric, especially – though not exclusively – in the context of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, which refers to values such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and human rights. At the same time, however, there is no consensus on their content, sources, normative character, or relationship to the constitutional traditions of the Member States.
Increasingly, however, certain EU institutions, such as the Court of Justice of the European Union, have assumed the competence to define these values (see the judgment in case C-448/23), thereby risking their relativization.
Against this background, the interdisciplinary research project seeks to analyze European legal values from three interrelated perspectives: genealogical, constitutional, and contemporary legal practice. The starting point is the assumption that European legal culture did not emerge in an axiological vacuum but was shaped at the intersection of multiple intellectual, philosophical, and religious traditions – most notably through dialogue with Christianity.
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