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EU INTEGRATION AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS PROTECTION APPROACH TO THE GUARANTEES OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN THE EUROPEAN MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK

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s U mmary c ont E nts

p r E fac E

part i . i ntrod U ction to th E EU int E gration proc E ss and th E EU m U ltil E v E l l E gal syst E m .

. . . . . . .

1. on the nature oF the e uropean union and the integration . . . . . .

. 15

2. a brie F historiC al overview: F roM the e uropean C oMM unities to the e uropean union 16

3. F unda M ental obJ eC tives and prinC iples oF the e uropean union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4. t he legal s Yste M oF the e uropean union: its autonoMY and sourC es

5. a M ethodologiC al approaC h to the relationship between eu law and the law oF the M e M ber states F roM a M ultilevel perspeC tive and the prinC iples oF relationship . .

part ii . t h E g Uarant EE s of rights and fr EE doms in th E spanish int E rnal l E gal fi E ld

1. r egulatorY or nor M ative guarantees oF rights and F reedoM s in the spanish legal F ield . . . . . . 61

2. JurisdiC tional guarantees oF rights and F reedoM s in the spanish internal legal F ield . . . . . . . . .

3. i nstitutions oF guarantee in the spanish internal legal F ield

part iii

1. nor M ative or regulatorY guarantees oF rights and F reedoM s

2. JurisdiC tional guarantees oF rights and F reedoM s in the eu supranational legal F ield . . . . . . . . .

3. i nstitutions oF guarantee in the eu supranational legal F ield

part iv.