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Expanding the Territorial Reach of European Union Law: Current Realities and Trends

European Studies
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 1 (June 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6695
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Language: English
Page range: 125 - 152
Published on: Jul 31, 2025
Published by: Palacký University Olomouc
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
EU law,
common values,
Court of Justice of the European Union,
extraterritorial application of the EU law,
extraterritoriality of human rights,
territorial reach of the EU law,
fundamental rights,
EU internal market,
free trade,
free movement of capital,
the EU trade and investment policy
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Law,
Law, other,
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other

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