M.E. Storme

"The foundations of private law in a multi-level structure:

balancing, distribution of lawmaking power and other constitutional issues"

lecture at the conference The Foundations of European Private Law, EUI Fiesole (Firenze) 28-29 september 2009,

published in R. Brownsword, H. Micklitz, L. Niglia and S. Weatherill (eds.), The Foundations of European Private Law,

Hart 2011, ISBN 9781849460651, ch. 23, p. 380-392;

text also @ http://storme.be/FiesoleFoundations.pdf

Contents

1. "Live with diversity" and the naturalistic fallacy (is-ought gap)........... 1

2. A question of distribution of power; also a question of balancing values and principles........... 2

3. Horizontal distribution of powers and tasks within a legal order........... 3

4.  Vertical and territorial distributions of (law-making) power - issues........... 5

5. Distribution of (law-making) power - some answers........... 7

6. A Law Market v. Market Law i.e. Rule of law........... 11

7. How to move forward........... 12