The school
A description of the
school of thought
EDEN builds on the intellectual tradition of the Nice School of Economic Law, which emerged in the early 1970s around the work of Gérard Farjat, Professor at the University of Nice. Farjat conceived economic law as the law governing the organisation of the economy, transcending the traditional divide between public and private law and paying particular attention to the emergence of private actors exercising forms of economic power comparable to those of public authorities.
EDEN studies economic law as a law of power. Rather than take legal categories at face value, it looks at how economic activity is actually organized and at who holds power within it.
EDEN seeks to revisit and extend this intellectual tradition in light of contemporary transformations of the economy. Digitalisation, artificial intelligence, the ecological transition, and new forms of private economic power raise anew the questions that stood at the heart of the Nice School of Economic Law.
Research axes
The Contemporary Transformations of Economic Law
Competition, Platforms and Digital Markets
Personal Data, Privacy and the Data Economy
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Intangible Assets
Consumer Protection
Fintech, Payments and Digital Financial Services
Crypto-Assets and Decentralised Technologies
Sustainable Finance and Corporate Governance
Ecological Transition and the Transformation of Markets
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The School at a glance
Open access
Fully free, digital publication with no subscription required.
International collective
Academics and practitioners from leading European jurisdictions.
Peer-reviewed
Every article undergoes double-blind peer review.