Some say that human rights are not relevant to private law because these rights are effective only in the relationship between a state and its citizens. Others might say that human rights do not affect the right of private parties to enter into contracts or to draw up wills that are entirely...

At the end of the 1990s, the European Commission launched the then-considered forward-looking idea of a pan-European private law code merging national legal traditions – both civil and common – and, eventually, replacing them (horizontal approach). The project never became law, and, still...

Fundamental rights for all people with disabilities, education and employment are key for the inclusion of people with autism. They play as facilitators for the social inclusion of persons with autism and as multipliers for their enjoyment of other fundamental rights. After outlining the...