Includes bibliographical references and index.

Private law relationships in EU law / Dorota Leczykiewicz and Stephen Weatherill -- The elusive character of private autonomy in EU law / Stephen Weatherill -- The European Union, its member states and their citizens / Monica Claes -- Freedom of contract and the horizontal effect of free movement law / Gareth Davies -- The impact of the general principles of union law upon private relationships / Michael Dougan -- Who determines what civil courts decide? : private rights, public policy and EU law / Simon Whittaker -- The general principles of civil law : their nature, roles and legitimacy / Martijn W. Hesselink -- The Court of Justice's principle of effectiveness and its unforeseeable impact on private law relationships / Peter Rott -- The constitutional dimension of private law liability rules in the EU / Dorota Leczykiewicz -- Social dumping, multi-level governance and private law in employment relationships / Hugh Collins -- The impact of the non-discrimination principle on private autonomy / Norbert Reich -- The involvement of EU law in personal work relations : a defining issue for European private law? / Mark Freedland -- Black lists and private autonomy in EU contract law / Daniela Caruso -- EU law and consumer transactions without an internal market dimension / Christian Twigg-Flesner -- The "average consumer" of EU law in domestic and European litigation / Vanessa Mak -- "Spillovers" from EU law into national law : (un)intended consequences for private law relationships / Angus Johnston -- Competition law and contract : the Euro-defence / Okeoghene Odudu.