It is a treaty of continuity, although it introduces a very important body of amendments to previous treaties. Entering into force on 1 December 2009, it opens a 'new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe'. By maintaining the international nature of the constituent treaties and allowing for the coexistence of different legal regimes, this treaty amended the TEU and the TEC, extinguishing the European Community. The reform of the Treaties has given rise to two new international texts, with the same legal value, on the basis of which the new EU Statute is framed. The Union is founded on the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), replacing and succeeding the European Community. The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, which was established in 1957, is not part of the original law, but has not changed since that time.
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The New Paths of Fundamental Rights in the 21st Century: Globalization and Knowledge in a Digital Age as a Proposal
Fátima Monteiro Pacheco (Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP), Portugal) and Dora Resende Alves (Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8350-9.ch001
Abstract
The protection of fundamental rights is one of the essential elements of European identity. Thus, knowledge of the law is crucial for the realization and guarantee of fundamental rights: knowing the law must be the first of the fundamental rights that assist us. Despite the abundance of declarative texts, the lack of identification and visibility and the lack of knowledge about the gracious and contentious ways, continue to be barriers to the full affirmation of those rights. The authors present a review on the legal structure of this novel space in which we move: a common space without borders, a space of democracy, an area of freedom, security, and multiculturality. Elencare which rights to citizens and how to access them intends to give shape to a future portal of enlightenment. The approach will be tripartised by the portuguese constitutional system, the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union.