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Professor Eleanor Spaventa, Laurea (Rome University 'La Sapienza'), LL.M (Cantab), D.Phil (Oxon)

Professor in Durham Law School

Member of the Durham European Law Institute

Member of the Human Rights Centre

Member of Law and Conflict at Durham

Contact Professor Eleanor Spaventa (email at eleanor.spaventa@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Eleanor Spaventa is Professor of European Union Law and visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin; in 2011-12 Eleanor she is also Fernard Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute. Eleanor has held visiting positions in the University of Rome Tor Vergata; and at the university LUISS "Guido Carli", also in Rome, and she previously held positions at Birmingham University, where she was a lecturer, and at the University of Cambridge, where she was a Norton Rose European Law Lecturer and a fellow and Director of Studies at New Hall.

Research

Eleanor's research interests lie in European Union Law and in particular in the fields of European constitutional law, free movement, fundamental rights and co- operation in criminal matters in the EU. She is the author of "Free Movement of Persons in the EU - Barriers to Movement and their Constitutional Context" (Kluwer law International, 2007), the co-author of Wyatt and Dashwood's "Law of the European Union" (Sweet and Maxwell, 2006 and 2011), and the co- editor of "Social Welfare and EU Law" (Hart publishing 2005); "the EU and Global Emergencies" (Hart publishing, forthcoming 2010), and "A Constitutional Order of States: essays in honour of Alan Dashwood" (Hart publishing, 2011); and "Empowerment and Disempowerment of the European Citizen" (Hart Publishing, forthcoming, 2012). She is a recognised expert in her field; her work has been quoted by Advocates General in front of the European Court of Justice (cases Case C-434/09 McCarthy; C-34/09 Ruiz-Zambrano;C-27/09 P PMOI; C-22/08 Vatsouras; C-228/07 Petersen; C-212/06 Gouvernement etc, alla available on www.curia.europa.eu) ; in front of the Latvian Constitutional Court (http://www.satv.tiesa.gov.lv/upload/judg_2008_35.htm and she has been invited to provide written evidence on the Lisbon Treaty by the House of Lords Constitution Committee .

Teaching Areas

Single Market
European Business Law
European Constitutional Law

Research Interests

European constitutional law
Free movement
Fundamental rights
Co-operation in criminal matters in the EU
EU Counter-terrorism

Grants Awarded (past grants)

2011 Fernard Braudel Senior Fellowship (European University Institute, EUR 9000)
2010: Empowerment and disempowerment of the Union citizen, grant awarded by the Europa Institute (Edinburgh), value £10000, co-PI (with Nioc Shuibhne and M Dougan).
2008-09: EU and Global Emergencies, grant awarded by the European Commission's Representation, value € 18500 from, co-I (Antoniadis principal investigator).
2007 The Reform Treaty, Italian Cultural Institute £ 2000.

Grants Awarded

2011: Union Citizenship after the Lisbon - Unleashing th (£6860.00 from European Commission)
2007: Amato Event (£1000.00 from Italian Cultural Institute)

Selected Publications

Books: authored

Dashwood, A.A. Dougan, M., Rodger, B., Spaventa, E. & Wyatt,D. (2011). Wyatt and Dashwood’s European Union Law. (6th edition). Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Spaventa, E. (2007). Free Movement of Persons in the European Union. Barriers to movement in their constitutional context. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer.
Anthony Arnull, Dashwood, A., Ross, M. G. Wyatt, D. A. Spaventa, E. & Dougan, M. (2006). Wyatt and Dashwood's European Union Law (5th Edition). London: Sweet and Maxwell.

Books: edited

Dougan, M. NicShuibhne, N. & Spaventa, E. (2012). Empowerment and Disempowerment of the European Citizen. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Arnull, A. Barnard, C., Dougan, M. & Spaventa, Eleanor. (2011). A Constitutional Order of States: Essays in Honour of Alan Dashwood. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Antoniadis, A. , Schütze, R. & Spaventa, E. (2011). The European Union and Global Emergencies. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Dougan, M. & Spaventa, E. (2005). Social Welfare and EU Law. Essays in European Law 9. Oxford: Hart Publishing.

Essays in edited volumes

Spaventa, Eleanor. (2011). Comments on Abuse of Law and the Free Movement of Workers. In Prohibition of Abuse of Law. Feria, Rita de la & Vogenauer, Stefan Oxford: Hart Publishing. 315-320.
Spaventa, Eleanor. (2011). Counter-Terrorism and Fundamental Rights: judicial challenges and legislative changes after the rulings in Kadi and PMOI. In The European Union and Global Emergencies. Antoniadis, A. Schütze, R. & Spaventa, E. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 105-124.
Spaventa, E. (2011). The Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights as General Principles of Union Law. In A Constitutional Order of States – Essays in Honour of Alan Dashwood. Arnull, A., Barnard, C., Dougan, M. & Spaventa, E. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 199-218.
Spaventa, Eleanor. (2010). The Constitutional Impact of Union Citizenship. In The Role of Courts in Developing a European Social Model - Theoretical and Methodological Perspective. Neergaard, U. Nielsen, R. & Roseberry, L. Copenhagen: Djøf Forlag. 141-167.
Spaventa, Eleanor. (2010). The impact of articles 12, 18, 39 and 43 of the EC Treaty on the coordination of social security systems. In 50 years of social security coordination: past - present - future. Jorens, Yves Luxembourg: European Commission. 112-128.
Spaventa, Eleanor. (2009). Federalisation versus Centralisation: tensions in fundamental rights discourse in the EU. In 50 Years of the European Treaties: Looking Back and Thinking Forward. Dougan, M. & Currie, S. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 343-364.
Spaventa, E. (2009). The Rule of which Law? The use of legal language in the rhetoric of the anni di piombo. In Imagining Terrorism: The Rhetoric and Representation of Political Violence in Italy 1969-2009. Antonello, P. & O'Leary, A. Leeds: Legenda. 116-127.
Spaventa, E. (2008). 'Fundamental Rights: the Interface between the Second and Third Pillar'. In Law and Practice of EU External Relations: Salient Features of a Changing Landscape. Dashwood A. A. & Maresceau M. Cambridge Cambridge University Press. 129-151.
Spaventa, Eleanor (2008). The outer limit of the Treaty Free Movement Provisions: some reflections on the significance of Keck, remoteness and Deliège. In The outer limits of European Union law. Barnard, C. & Odudu, O. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 245-272.
Spaventa, E. (2007). 'Fundamental what? The difficult relationship between foreign policy and fundamental rights’. In EU Foreign Relations Law: Constitutional Fundamentals. Cremona, M. & De Witte, B. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 13: 233-256.
Dougan, M. & Spaventa, E. (2005). 'Wish You Weren't Here.' New Models of Social Solidarity in the European Union. In Social Welfare and EU Law. Spaventa, E. & Dougan, M. Oxford.: Hart Publishing. 181-218.
Spaventa, Eleanor (2004). The Principle of Subsidiarity and the New Proposed Protocol. In Uma Constituição para a Europa. Almedina Coimbra: Livraria Almedina.
Spaventa, E. (2002). “La violenza nel contratto”. In I precedenti: la formazione giurisprudenziale del diritto civile. Alpa, G. Turin, Italy.: UTET.

Journal papers: academic

Spaventa, Eleanor (2009). Case T-256/07, Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran v. Council, judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 October 2008, Case T-284/08, Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran v. Council, judgment of the Court of First Instance of 4 December 2008. Common Market Law Review 46(4): 1239-1263.
E Spaventa (2009). Leaving Keck behind? The free movement of goods after the rulings in Commission v Italy and Mickelsson and Roos. European Law Review 35(6): 914-932.
E Spaventa. (2008). Seeing the Wood Despite the Trees? On the Scope of Union Citizenship and its Constitutional Effects. Common Market Law Review 45(1): 13-45.
Spaventa, E. (2007). 'Opening Pandora's Box: Some Reflections on the Constitutional Effects of the Decision in Pupino'. European Constitutional Law Review 3(1): 5-24.
Spaventa, E. (2007). 'Remembrance of Principles Lost: on Fundamental Rights, the Third Pillar and the Scope of Union Law'. Yearbook of European Law 25: 153-176.
Spaventa, E. (2005). Case C-109/01, Secretary of State for the Home Department v. H. Akrich. Common Market Law Review 42(1): 225-239.
Spaventa, E. (2005). Case C-442/02, Caixa-Bank France v. Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie. Common Market Law Review 42(4): 1151-1168.
Spaventa, E. (2004). 'From Gebhard to Carpenter: towards a (non-) Economic Constitution'. Common Market Law Review 41(3): 743-773.
Spaventa, E. (2004). 'Public Services and European Law: Looking for Boundaries'. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 5: 271-291.
Dashwood, A. A., Dougan, M.,, Hillion, C., Johnston, A. & Spaventa, E. (2003). Draft Constitutional Treaty of the European Union and related documents. European Law Review 28(1): 3-38.
Dougan, M. & Spaventa, E. (2003). Educating Rudy and the (non-)English Patient: A Double-Bill on Residency Rights under Article 18 EC. European Law Review 28(5): 699-712.
Spaventa, E. (2002). Case C-189/01, H. Jippes, Afdeling Groningen van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Dieren, Afdeling Assen en omstreken van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Dieren v. Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij, Judgment of the Full Court of 12 July 2001, nyr. Common Market Law Review 39(5): 1159-1170.
Spaventa, E. (2002). On Discrimination and the Theory of Mandatory Requirement. Cambridge Yearbook Of European Legal Studies 2000 3: 457-478.
Spaventa, E. (2002). On Discrimination and the Theory of Mandatory Requirements. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 3: 457-478.
Spaventa, E. (2001). Case C-388/95, Belgium v. Spain. Common Market Law Review 38(1): 211-219.
Spaventa, E. (2000). Case C-254/98, Schutzverband gegen unlauteren Wettbewerb v. TK-Heimdienst Sass GmbH, Judgment of 13 January 2000, not yet reported. Common Market Law Review 37(5): 1265-1275.
Spaventa, E. (1998). Frost and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others, Traduzione e nota. Responsabilita' Civile e Previdenza 1261-1281.
Spaventa, E. (1998). Il Genetic Privacy Act. Rivista Critica del Diritto Privato 245-258.

Reports: official

Spaventa, Eleanor (2008). European Union (Amendment) Bill and the Lisbon Treaty: Implications for the UK Constitution 6th Report of Session 2007–08 Report with Evidence. London, The Stationery Office.

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