The EU social market economy and the law : theoretical perspectives and practical challenges for the EU / edited by Delia Ferri and Fulvio Cortese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The EU between market state ideals and social market economy objectives : placing the social market economy within the Union's constitutional history / Charles Edward O'Sullivan -- The EU transformation of the social state / Marco Dani -- Social rights, social market economy, and the European social model : tracing conceptual boundaries / Stefano Civitarese Matteucci -- EU citizenship and the social market economy : shifting balances / Giacomo Delledonne -- W(h)ither social Europe : labour rights in a social market economy / Michael Doherty -- The social dimension of EU public procurement and the social market economy / Christopher Bovis -- Social considerations in EU competition law : the protection of competition as a cornerstone of the social market economy / Andreas Heinemann -- State aid law in a social market economy / Delia Ferri and Juan Jorge Piernas Lopez -- Services of general economic interest and social considerations / Juan Jorge Piernas Lopez -- Social services, service providers, and non-economic activities in the realm of the EU "social market economy" / Silvia Pellizzari -- Cross-border healthcare and the social market economy / Lucia Busatta and Tamara Hervey -- Social considerations in EU consumer law : the legislator, the court, and a rhapsody in blue / Vanessa Mak -- Towards a more socially orientated EU copyright law : a soft paradigm shift after Lisbon? / Caterina Sganga -- The social dimension of EU energy law / Gokce Mete and Raphael Heffron -- The social dimension of the common commercial policy / Vivian Kube and Luigi Pedreschi -- The social dimension of EU investment law and policy / Sondra Faccio.