Conceptualising European Union Health Law
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: A collectively authored article, which (unusually in legal scholarship) makes explicit the processes and methodologies by which 'European Union health law' is conceptualised; the implications; and the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken. Strengths include implied structural and systemic coherence; and the breadth of analysis that having a large team of authors permits, through holding their positionalities in creative interplay with each other. The authors argue that European Union health law - defined as transversal and distinctively European Union law that either directly or indirectly affects human health, in a broad sense - should be understood through a metaphor of growth and connectedness, specifically a 'tree'. The article seeks to initiate a discussion not only about European Union health law, but also about European law and health law.
Source: European Journal of Health Law
Authors: Tamara K Hervey, Ollie Bartlett, Joaquín Cayón-De las Cuevas, Vincent N Delhomme, André den Exter, Anniek de Ruijter, Mirko Ðuković, Mark L Flear, Markus Frischhut, Éloïse Gennet, Tom Goffin, Mary Guy, Pin Lean Lau, Aurélie Mahalatchimy, Marcin Michalak, Vera Lúcia Raposo, Santa Slokenberga, Annette Schrauwen
Institutions: City St George's, University of London, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Universidad de Cantabria, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam, Hertie School, Queen's University Belfast, Management Center Innsbruck, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Droit International Comparé et Européen, Ghent University, Liverpool John Moores University, Brunel University of London, University of Gdańsk, Centro de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e Sociedade, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Uppsala University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Institut de France
Award: G1604100424
OpenAlex ID: W7154740575