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Acknowledgements
Preface; Giacomo Di Federico
Part I The Charter of Fundamental Rights in a broader perspective
Chapter I The Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Res Publica; Ola Zetterquist
Chapter II Fundamental rights in the EU: Legal pluralism and multi-level protection after the Lisbon Treaty; Giacomo Di Federico
Chapter III The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the courts; Valentina Bazzocchi
Chapter IV The European Parliament and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Federico Camporesi
Chapter V Fair trial, due process and the rights of defence in the EU legal order; Marco Borraccetti
Chapter VI EU Member States and candidate countries facing a binding Charter of Fundamental Rights: What's new?; Luisa Ficchi
Part II The Charter of Fundamental Rights Applied
Chapter VII Free movement of "needy" citizens after the binding Charter. Solidarity for all?; Federico Forni
Chapter VIII Internal market derogations in the light of the newly binding character of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Stephen James Curzon
Chapter IX Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its impact on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters; Giangiuseppe Sanna
Chapter X The Charter and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; Valentina Bazzocchi
Chapter XI Social Rights in the European Union: the contribution of a binding EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Serena Coppola
Chapter XII The Charter of Fundamental Rights and the environment policy integration principle; Marco Lombardo
Chapter XIII The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the social dimension of international trade; Valeria Bonavita
Chapter XIV The European Charter of Fundamental Rights after Lisbon: a 'timid' Trojan horse in the domain of the common foreign and security policy?; Luca Paladini
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