Fundamental Rights protection in Europe: Shedding light on a system of interrelated regimes

The set of articles of this special issue aims at unravelling the emerging legal principles and interactions underlying and potentially organising the composite system of fundamental rights protection in Europe. The interplay between elements of connection and disconnection across cohabitating legal regimes is the prism of analysis of that system. The principles of homogeneity, loyalty, and mutual trust are identified as elements fostering connection in, and coherence of its operation. The elements of disconnection pertain to the different constitutional underpinnings and legal setups of the respective regimes that compose it. They are thus more controversial in that they are likely to mobilise competing understandings of the finalités and constitutional logics of the interrelated regimes.