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The EU as a Transformative Legal and Economic Order

Essays in Memory of Ulf Bernitz

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The EU as a Transformative Legal and Economic Order

Essays in Memory of Ulf Bernitz

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This open access edited collection, the most recent volume in the landmark series, Swedish Studies in European Law, takes an ambitious look at the nature and impact of the European Union.

Drawing on expert analysis, it offers a dual perspective by addressing pertinent questions about the constitutional nature of the Union, as well as the evolution of its Internal Market. This approach has never been more timely as the role of the EU in an increasingly turbulent geo-political environment, is both important and challenging. Lawyers as well as others will find this an invaluable assessment of the EU and its power to bring about change.

Table of Contents

Foreword, David Gerber (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
Introduction, Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Björn Lundquist, Jaan Paju (Stockhom University, Sweden)

Part 1: Tribute to Ulf Bernitz as an Academic and a Visionary
1. A Tireless Visionary, Sven Norberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)
2. The Joy of EU Law Scholarship, Joakim Nergelius (University of Örebro, Sweden)
3. The EU and Nordic Thinking on Contractual Fairness, Thomas Wilhelmsson (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Part 2: The EU as a Transformative Constitutional Order
4. Freedom to Conduct a Business: The Search for a Balance that Avoids Undue Interference, Nils Wahl (Court of Justice of the European Union, Belgium)
5. From Copper-Fastening Competence to Workable Structural Rule: The Case for Modernising Article 51 (1) of the Charter, Angela Ward (Court of Justice of the European Union, Belgium)
6. Primacy of European Law and Equality of Member States (and Citizens!) vis-à-vis the EU/EEA Treaties, Maria Elvira Mendez Pinedo (University of Iceland)

Part 3: The EU Internal Market as a Transformative Legal and Economic Order
7. The New Legal Order and the Ecosystem: How the EU's Internal Market was Shaped, and How It Is Changing, Stephen Weatherill (University of Oxford, UK)
8. Revisiting the Foundations of EU Free Movement Law in Light of New Developments and Challenges, Ulla Neergaard (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Sybe de Vries (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Part 4: A New EU Market Law for the Data-driven Economy
9. The Rules on Access to and Use of Data of the EU Data Act and the Rules of the Market, Hanns Ullrich (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany)
10. The Data Act as EU Contract Law, Magnus Strand (Uppsala University, Sweden)
11. The Meta Judgment on GDPR, Jens Fejo (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
12. Protecting Gatekeepers against Double Jeopardy - Is the Digital Markets Act Aligned with Article 50 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights? Helene Anderson (Delphi, Sweden)
13. Enforcement Design for the New EU Law of the Digital Economy: Centralised, Decentralised or Lopsided? Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt (Stockhom University, Sweden)

Part 5: New and Old Challenges to EU Market Law: Intellectual Property and Competition Law
14. Resale Price Maintenance – Antitrust Review of Vertical Agreements, Lars Henrikson (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
15. Traces of a Trojan Horse: How EU Trade Mark Law Interacts with Unfair Competition, Annette Kur (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany)
16. Clinical Trials Data: Transparency v Exclusivity, the Case of an Inverted Pendulum? Frantzeska Papadopoulou Skarp (Stockholm University, Sweden)

Product details

Published Sep 03 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 432
ISBN 9781509993376
Imprint Hart Publishing
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Swedish Studies in European Law
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt

Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt is Professor of Eu…

Anthology Editor

Björn Lundqvist

Björn Lundqvist is Professor of European Law at St…

Anthology Editor

Jaan Paju

Jaan Paju is Associate Professor of European Law a…

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