Federico Fabbrini

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Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of European Law at the School of Law & Government of Dublin City University (DCU), where he is the founding director of the DCU Brexit Institute (http://dcubrexitinstitute.eu/) and of the Dublin European Law Institute. He is the also the Principal Investigator of the EU-funded Jean Monnet Network BRIDGE (https://bridgenetwork.eu/), the EU-funded Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD (https://rebuildcentre.eu/) and the EU-funded Jean Monnet Module Post-Brexit Law. He is WP PI in the Horizon Europe project REGROUP (https://regroup-horizon.eu/) and of the Horizon Europe project EXPRESS2.

Federico Fabbrini holds a B.A. in "European & Transnational Legal Studies" from the University of Trento (2006), a J.D. in "International Law" from the University of Bologna (2008) and Ph.D. in "Law" from the European University Institute (2012). He interned as a clerk for Justice Sabino Cassese at the Italian Constitutional Court (2010-2011) and passed the bar, qualified as an attorney at law in Italy (2011). Before joining DCU, he was Associate Professor of "European & International Law" at iCourts (the Center of Excellence for International Courts) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, and Assistant Professor of "European & Comparative Constitutional Law" at Tilburg Law School, in the Netherlands, where he was awarded tenure.

Federico Fabbrini is the author of four monographs in English: "Fundamental Rights Europe: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective" (Oxford University Press 2014), "Economic Governance in Europe: Comparative Paradoxes and Constitutional Challenges" (Oxford University Press 2016) "Brexit and the Future of the European Union: The Case for Constitutional Reforms" (Oxford University Press 2020) and "EU Fiscal Capacity: Legal Integration after Covid-19 an the War in Ukraine" (Oxford University Press 2022). 大发体育在线_大发体育-投注|官网over, he has edited or co-edited a dozen other volumes, including "The Law & Politics of Brexit" (Oxford University Press 2017), "The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume II: The Withdrawal Agreement" (Oxford University Press 2020), "The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume III: The Framework of New EU-UK Relations" (Oxford University Press 2021), "The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume IV: The Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland" (Oxford University Press 2022) and "The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume V. The Trade & Cooperation Agreement" (Oxford University Press 2024). He is also the author of three books in Italian, including a textbook "Introduzione al diritto dell'Unione europea" (Il Mulino 2018). He has also published dozens of articles in leading law, political science, and history journals.

Federico Fabbrini has been a Fellow in Law, Ethics and Public Policy at Princeton University, and a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute, and among others a visting professors at Meiji University Tokyo, the University of New South Wales Sydney and University of Virginia Law School.

Federico Fabbrini recurrently engages with EU institutions and national governments and he has been invited to speak, among others the European Central Bank, the European Court of Justice, the European Commission, the European Fundamental Rights Agency, the European Securities Market Authority, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Ministry of Finance of Ireland, the Central Bank of Spain, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority. 大发体育在线_大发体育-投注|官网over, he has given evidence to the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee, Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee and Budget Committee, as well as the Irish Parliament Joint Committee on EU Affairs and the UK House of Lords. Finally, he has also authored 4 reports on EU affairs at the request of the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee, and another one at the request of the Irish Ministry of Finance / Presidency of the Eurogroup.



Book

Year Publication
2022 Federico Fabbrini (2022) EU Fiscal Capacity: Legal Integration after Covid-19 and the War in Ukraine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Link]
2022 Federico Fabbrini (2022) Next Generation EU: Il futuro dell'Europa e dell'Italia dopo la pandemia. Bologna: Il Mulino.
2021 Federico Fabbrini (2021) Brexit: Tra Diritto e Politica. Bologna: Il Mulino.
2020 Federico Fabbrini (2020) Brexit and the Future of the European Union: The Case for Constitutional Reforms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2018 Federico Fabbrini (2018) Introduzione al diritto dell’Unione europea (Introduction to European Union Law). Bologna: Il Mulino.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) Economic Governance in Europe: Comparative Paradoxes and Constitutional Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) Fundamental Rights in Europe: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Edited Book

Year Publication
2024 Federico Fabbrini;Christy Ann Petit (Ed.). (2024) Research Handbook on Post-Pandemic Economic Governance and NGEU Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
2024 (2024) The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume V. The Trade & Cooperation Agreement. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2022 Federico Fabbrini;Ian Cooper;Stefania Baroncelli;Helle Krunke;Renata Uitz (Ed.). (2022) Differentiated Governance in a Europe in Crises. Brussels: Special Issue -- European Papers,
2022 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2022) The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume IV. The Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2021 Federico Fabbrini, Edoardo Celeste & John Quinn (Ed.). (2021) Data Protection Beyond Borders: Transatlantic Perspectives on Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty. Oxford: Hart Publishing, [Link]
2021 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2021) The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume III. The Framework of New EU-UK Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2020 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2020) The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume II. The Withdrawal Agreement. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2019 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2019) The Brexit Negotiations and the May Government. European University Institute: Special Issue - European Journal of Legal Studies, [Link]
2019 Federio Fabbrini, Marco Ventoruzzo (Ed.). (2019) Research Handbook on European Economic Law. Cheltenham: Elgar Publishing,
2017 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2017) The Law and Politics of Brexit. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2017 David Cole, Federico Fabbrini & Stephen Schulhofer (Ed.). (2017) Surveillance, Privacy and Trans-Atlantic Relations. Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2016 Federico Fabbrini & Vicki Jackson (Ed.). (2016) Constitutionalism Across Borders in the Struggle Against Terrorism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
2016 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2016) The European Court of Justice, the European Central Bank, and the Supremacy of EU Law. University of Maastricht: Special Issue - Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law,
2015 Federico Fabbrini (Ed.). (2015) Privacy and National Security in the Digital Age. Tilburg University: Special Issue - Tilburg Law Review,
2015 Federico Fabbrini, Ernst Hirsch Ballin & Han Somsen (Ed.). (2015) What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?. Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2014 Maurice Adams, Federico Fabbrini & Pierre Larouche (Ed.). (2014) The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints. Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2013 David Cole, Federico Fabbrini & Arianna Vedaschi (Ed.). (2013) Secrecy, National Security and the Vindication of Constitutional Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2024 (2024) 'The Recovery and Resilience Facility as a New Legal Technology of European Governance'. Journal of European Integration, .
2024 Fabbrini, F. (2024) 'EUROPEAN DEFENCE UNION ASAP: The Act in Support of Ammunition Production and the development of EU defence capabilities in response to the war in Ukraine'. European foreign affairs review, 29 . [Link] [DOI]
2024 Fabbrini, F. (2024) '“To Establish Justice”: The EU Response to the War in Ukraine in the Field of Justice and Home Affairs'. European Law Review, 49 . [Link]
2024 Fabbrini, F. (2024) 'From the Pandemic to the War: The EU Fiscal Response to Russia's Aggression of Ukraine, the Legacy of NGEU, and the Challenge to Promote the General Welfare'. AJIL Unbound, 118 . [Link] [DOI]
2023 (2023) 'La separazione dei poteri nell’Unione europea'. Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico, :13-44.
2023 Federico Fabbrini (2023) 'The ‘European’ Future of American Abortion Law: Dobbs, Federalism and Constitutional Equality'. Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 62 (1).
2023 Fabbrini, F. (2023) 'Funding the War in Ukraine: The European Peace Facility, the Macro‐Financial Assistance Instrument, and the Slow Rise of an EU Fiscal Capacity'. Politics And Governance, 11 . [Link] [DOI]
2023 (2023) 'Funding the War in Ukraine: The European Peace Facility, the Macro‐Financial Assistance Instrument, and the Slow Rise of an EU Fiscal Capacity'. Politics And Governance, 11 (4). [Link]
2022 Fabbrini, F. (2022) 'The Legal Architecture of the Economic Responses to COVID-19: EMU beyond the Pandemic*'. Journal of Common Market Studies, 60 . [Link] [DOI]
2022 Federico Fabbrini; Ian Cooper (2022) 'Regional Groups in the European Union: Mapping an Unexplored Form of Differentiation'. European Papers- A Journal on Law and Integration, .
2022 Baroncelli, S.; Cooper, I.; Fabbrini, F.; Krunke, H.; Uitz, R. (2022) 'Introduction to the Special Section: Differentiated Governance in a Europe in Crises'. European Papers- A Journal on Law and Integration, 7 . [Link] [DOI]
2022 Fabbrini, F. (2022) 'Next Generation Eu: Legal Structure and Constitutional Consequences'. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 24 . [Link] [DOI]
2022 Fabbrini, F. (2022) 'Italy’s national recovery and resilience plan: context, content and challenges'. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 27 . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Fabbrini, F.; Zaccaroni, G. (2021) 'The Future EU-UK Relationship: The EU Ambitions for a Comprehensive Partnership'. European Public Law, 27 . [Link]
2021 Fabbrini, F. (2021) 'The EU beyond Brexit and Covid-19: The Conference on the Future for Europe and the Outlook for Integration*'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32 . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Fabbrini, Federico; Zaccaroni, Giovanni (2021) 'The Future EU-UK Relationship: The EU Ambitions for a Comprehensive Partnership'. European Public Law, 27 (2).
2021 Fabbrini, F. (2021) 'After Brexit and Covid, what is the future for Europe?'. Politique Etrangere, 2021 . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Federico Fabbrini (2021) 'Après le Brexit et le Covid : l’UE et la Conférence sur l’avenir de l’Europe'. Politique étrangère, :65-79.
2021 Federico Fabbrini (2021) 'The Legal Architecture of the Economic Responses to COVID-19: EMU Beyond the Pandemic'. Jcms-Journal Of Common Market Studies, 59 .
2020 Fabbrini, F. (2020) 'Reforming the EU Outside the EU? the Conference on the Future of Europe and its Options'. European Papers- A Journal on Law and Integration, 5 . [Link] [DOI]
2020 Fabbrini, F.; Celeste, E. (2020) 'The Right to Be Forgotten in the Digital Age: The Challenges of Data Protection Beyond Borders'. German Law Journal, 21 . [Link] [DOI]
2020 Fabbrini, Federico (2020) 'The Conference on the Future of Europe: Process and prospects'. European Law Journal, 26 (5-6). [DOI]
2020 Federico Fabbrini (2020) 'La nuova governance economica europea post-pandemia'. Il Diritto dell'Unione Europea, :771-794.
2019 Delledonne, Giacomo; Fabbrini, Federico (2019) 'The Founding Myth of European Human Rights Law: Revisiting the Role of National Courts in the Rise of EU Human Rights Jurisprudence'. European Law Review, 44 (2).
2019 Fabbrini, Federico; Schmidt, Rebecca (2019) 'The Composition of the European Parliament in Brexit Times: Changes and Challenges'. European Law Review, 44 (5).
2019 Fabbrini, Federico (2019) 'Fiscal capacity'. RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON EU ECONOMIC LAW, .
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) 'The Last Holdout. Ireland, the Right to Abortion and the European Federal Human Rights System'. Dublin University Law Journal, .
2019 Fabbrini, F.; Sajó, A. (2019) 'The dangers of constitutional identity'. European Law Journal, 25 . [Link] [DOI]
2019 Fabbrini, Federico; Sajo, Andras (2019) 'The dangers of constitutional identity'. European Law Journal, 25 (4). [DOI]
2018 Fabbrini, Federico (2018) 'Fundamental rights and federalism in the European Union and the United States: Challenges, transformations and normative questions'. FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS PROTECTION IN EUROPE: THE ROLE OF JUDICIAL AND NON-JUDICIAL ACTORS, .
2018 Fabbrini, Federico (2018) 'Courts and the politics of secrecy: national security, human rights and the importance of supranational oversight'. WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS, 41 (4). [DOI]
2017 Cole, David; Fabbrini, Federico (2017) 'Transatlantic Negotiations for Transatlantic Rights: Why an EU-US Agreement is the Best Option for Protecting Privacy Against Cross-border Surveillance'. SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, 1 .
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Constitutional Crisis and Institutional Reform: The European Union at the Crossroad'. .
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Human Rights in the EU: Historical, Comparative and Critical Perspectives'. .
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Courts and the Politics of Secrecy: National Security, Human Rights and the Importance of Supranational Oversight'. WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS, 41 :869-889.
2017 Federico Fabbrini, Arianna Vedaschi (2017) 'Secrecy and Accountability for Extraordinary Renditions to Torture: Italy, the European Court of Human Rights and the Abu Omar case'. .
2016 Federico Fabbrini, Joris Larik (2016) 'The Past, Present and Future of the Relations between the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights'. The Yearbook of European Law, 35 :1-35.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'The Relation between the European Council and the Council: Institutional Arguments in Favor of an EU Senate'. European Public Law, :485-500.
2016 Federico Fabbrini, David Cole (2016) 'Bridging the Transatlantic Divide? The United States, the European Union, and the Protection of Privacy Across Borders'. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 14 :220-237.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'The European Court of Justice, the European Central Bank, and the Supremacy of EU Law: an Introduction'. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 23 :3-16.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'Privacy and National Security in the Digital Age. European and Comparative Constitutional Perspectives'. Tilburg Law Review, 20 :5-13.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'After the OMT Case: The Supremacy of EU Law as the Guarantee of the Equality Between the Member States'. German Law Journal, .
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'Austerity, the European Council and the Institutional Future of the EU: A Proposal to Strengthen the Presidency of the European Council'. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 22 :269-344.
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'The European Court of Human Rights, Extraordinary Renditions and the Right to the Truth: Ensuring Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations Committed in the Fight Against Terrorism'. Human Rights Law Review, .
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'Taxing and Spending in the Eurozone: Legal and Political Challenges Related to the Adoption of the Financial Transaction Tax'. European Law Review, .
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'On Banks, Courts and International Law: the International Agreement on the Single Resolution Fund in Context'. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 21 :444-463.
2013 Federico Fabbrini (2013) 'Enhanced Cooperation Under Scrutiny: Revisiting the Law and Practice of Multi-Speed Integration in Light of the First Involvement of the EU Judiciary'. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, .
2013 Federico Fabbrini, Katarzyna Granat (2013) 'Yellow Card, but No Foul’: The Role of the National Parliaments Under the Subsidiarity Protocol and the Commission Proposal for an EU Regulation on the Right to Strike'. Common Market Law Review, 50 :115-144.
2013 Federico Fabbrini (2013) 'The Fiscal Compact, the ‘Golden Rule’ and the Paradox of European Federalism'. Boston College international and comparative law review, .
2011 Federico Fabbrini (2011) 'The European Court of Human Rights, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Right to Abortion: Roe v. Wade on the Other Side of the Atlantic?'. Columbia Journal of European Law, 18 :1-72.
2011 Federico Fabbrini (2011) 'Voting Rights for Non-Citizens: The European Multilevel and US Federal Constitutional Systems Compared'. European Constitutional Law Review, .
2008 Federico Fabbrini (2008) 'Kelsen in Paris: France’s constitutional reform and the introduction of a posteriori constitutional review of legislation'. German Law Journal, .

Other Journal

Year Publication
2020 Federico Fabbrini (2020) 'Reforming the EU Outside the EU? The Conference on the Future of Europe and its Options' 5 .
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) 'The Future of the EU27' (Special Issue) :305-333.
2019 Federico Fabbrini and Rebecca Schmidt (2019) 'The Extension of UK Membership in the EU: Causes and Consequences' (Special Issue) :87-116.
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) 'Guest Editor's Introduction: The Brexit Negotiations and the May Government' (Special Issue) :1-22.
2018 Federico Fabbrini (2018) 'Do NATO Obligations Trump European Budgetary Constraints?' 9 :121-153.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'A Principle in Need of Renewal? The Euro-Crisis and the Principle of Institutional Balance' .
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'Economic Policy in the EU after the Crisis: Using the Treaties to Overcome the Asymmetry of EMU' .
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'Representation in the European Parliament: Of False Problems and Real Challenges' .
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'Human Rights in the Digital Age: the European Court of Justice Ruling in the Data Retention Case and its Lessons for the US' .
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'States Equality vs. States Power: The Euro-crisis, Inter-State Relations and the Paradox of Domination' .
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'The Euro-Crisis and the Courts: Judicial Review and the Political Process in Comparative Perspective' .
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'The Constitutionalization of International Law: A Comparative Federal Perspective' .
2013 Federico Fabbrini (2013) 'Cittadinanza e diritti fondamentali [Citizenship and fundamental rights]' .
2012 Federico Fabbrini (2012) 'Le droit de grève dans un marché commun : les défis européens à la lumière de l’expérience américain [The right to strike in a common market: the European challenges in light of the American experience]' .
2012 Federico Fabbrini (2012) 'Europe in Need of a New Deal: On Federalism, Free Markets and the Right to Strike' .
2011 Federico Fabbrini (2011) 'Extraordinary Renditions and the State Secret Privilege: Italy and the United States Compared' .
2011 Federico Fabbrini (2011) 'Lotta al terrorismo: Da Bush a Obama passando per la Corte Suprema [Fight against terrorism: From Bush to Obama via the Supreme Court]' .
2010 Federico Fabbrini (2010) 'President Obama first appointment to the Supreme Court: Recent trends in the ‘advice and consent’ procedure' .
2010 Federico Fabbrini, Tommaso F. Giupponi (2010) 'Intelligence agencies and the State secret privilege: the Italian experience' .
2010 Federico Fabbrini (2010) 'Il procedimento di nomina dei giudici della Corte Suprema USA in prospettiva comparata [The nomination of US Supreme Court justices in a comparative perspective]' .
2010 Federico Fabbrini (2010) 'The role of the judiciaries in times of emergency: Judicial review of counter-terrorism measures in the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice' .
2009 Federico Fabbrini (2009) 'Reasonableness as a test for judicial review of legislation in the jurisprudence of the French Constitutional Council' .
2009 Federico Fabbrini (2009) 'Silent enim leges inter arma? La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti e la Corte di Giustizia europea nella lotta al terrorismo [Silent enim leges inter arma? The US Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice in the fight against terrorism]' .

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2023 Cooper, I.; Fabbrini, F. (2023) 'Regional cooperation in the EU in the shadow of Brexit' In: Handbook on the European Union and Brexit. [Link]
2023 Federico Fabbrini (2023) 'Next Generation EU' In: Enciclopedia Treccani Europa. Roma : Treccani.
2023 Fabbrini, F. (2023) 'The EU Economic Constitution after COVID-19 and ‘Next Generation EU’' In: The Future of EU Constitutionalism. [Link]
2022 Fabbrini, F. (2022) 'The future of the EU beyond the war in Ukraine' In: Research Handbook on Legal Aspects of Brexit. [Link]
2022 Federico Fabbrini (2022) 'Introduction' In: The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume IV. The Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2022 Federico Fabbrini (2022) 'Il Presidente della Repubblica e l’Unione europea' In: Il primo mandato di Sergio Mattarella. Continuità ed evoluzioni nella prassi del Presidente della Re. Napoli : Editoriale Scientifica.
2021 Fabbrini, F. (2021) 'Integration: Regenerating Europe’s Project beyond Covid-19' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit: The Framework of New EU-UK Relations: Volume III. [Link] [DOI]
2021 Fabbrini, F. (2021) 'Introduction' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit: The Framework of New EU-UK Relations: Volume III. [Link] [DOI]
2021 Federico Fabbrini (2021) 'Brexit y el futuro de Reino Unido e de la Union europea' In: Brexit y libertad de establecimiento. Barcelona : Atelier Libros Juridicos.
2021 Celeste, E.; Fabbrini, F. (2021) 'Competing Jurisdictions: Data Privacy Across the Borders' In: Palgrave Studies in Digital Business and Enabling Technologies. [Link] [DOI]
2021 Federico Fabbrini, Edoardo Celeste & John Quinn (2021) 'Introduction' In: Data Protection Beyond Borders: Transatlantic Perspectives on Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty. Oxford : Hart Publishing. [Link]
2021 Federico Fabbrini and Edoardo Celeste (2021) 'EU Data Protection Law between Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality' In: Data Protection Beyond Borders: Transatlantic Perspectives and Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty. Oxford : Hart Publishing. [Link]
2020 Fabbrini, F. (2020) 'The Future of the EU after Brexit, and Covid-19' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit: Volume II The Withdrawal Agreement. [Link] [DOI]
2020 Fabbrini, F. (2020) 'The Extensions' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit: Volume II The Withdrawal Agreement. [Link] [DOI]
2020 Fabbrini, F. (2020) 'Introduction' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit: Volume II The Withdrawal Agreement. [Link] [DOI]
2020 Edoardo Celeste and Federico Fabbrini (2020) 'Competing Jurisdictions: Data Privacy Across the Borders' In: Grace Fox, Theo Lynn and Lisa van der Werff (eds), Data Privacy and Trust in Cloud Computing. London : Palgrave. [Link]
2020 Federico Fabbrini (2020) 'Strengthening the EU Through Institutional Reforms: Constitutional Engineering Done Right' In: Strengthening the Institutional Architecture of the Economic and Monetary Union. Brussels : CEPR Press.
2020 Edoardo Celeste and Federico Fabbrini (2020) 'Targeted Surveillance: Can Privacy and Surveillance Be Reconciled?' In: 20 years anniversary of the Tampere Programme: Europeanisation dynamics of the EU area of freedom, security and justice. Florence : European University Institute. [Link] [DOI]
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) 'Fiscal Capacity' In: Research Handbook of EU Economic Law. Cheltenham : Elgar.
2019 Fabbrini, F.; Pollicino, O. (2019) 'Constitutional identity in Italy: Institutional disagreements at a time of political change' In: Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism. [Link] [DOI]
2019 Fabbrini, F. (2019) 'The institutional origins of Europe's constitutional crises: Grexit, brexit, and the EU form of government' In: Constitutions in Times of Financial Crisis. [Link]
2019 Federico Fabbrini and Marco Ventoruzzo (2019) 'Introduction' In: Research Handbook of EU Economic Law. Cheltenham : Elgar.
2019 Federico Fabbrini, Oreste Pollicino (2019) 'Constitutional Identity in Italy' In: Constitutional Identity in Europe. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) 'Liberal Constitutions during Times of Financial Crises' In: Liberal Constitutions during Times of Financial Crises. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
2018 Federico Fabbrini (2018) 'Brexit and the Reform of Economic & Monetary Union' In: After Brexit: Consequences for the European Union. London : Palgrave MacMillan.
2018 Federico Fabbrini (2018) 'The Principle of Subsidiarity' In: Oxford Principles of European Union Law. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2017 Federico Fabbrini, Miguel P. Maduro (2017) 'Supranational Constitutional Courts' In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2017 Federico Fabbrini, David Cole (2017) 'Transatlantic Negotiations for Transatlantic Rights: Why an EU-US Agreement is the Best Option for Protecting Privacy against Cross-Border Surveillance' In: Surveillance, Privacy and Transatlantic Relations. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2017 Fabbrini, F. (2017) 'The political side of EU citizenship in the context of EU federalism' In: EU Citizenship and Federalism: The Role of Rights. [Link]
2017 Fabbrini, F. (2017) 'Introduction' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit. [Link] [DOI]
2017 Fabbrini, F. (2017) 'Brexit and EU treaty reform: A window of opportunity for constitutional change?' In: The Law and Politics of Brexit. [Link] [DOI]
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Brexit and the Future of Europe: Seizing the Opportunity to Complete the European Union' In: Shaping a New Legal Order For Europe: A Tale of Crisis and Opportunities. Frankfurt : European Central Bank Publications.
2017 Fabbrini, F. (2017) 'Brexit and the reform of economic and monetary union' In: After Brexit: Consequences for the European Union. [Link] [DOI]
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Institutional Reforms in the EU: Rethinking the Relations between the European Council and the Council' In: Legitimacy Issues of the European Union: Lessons from the Financial Crisis. Baden-Baden : Nomos.
2017 Fabbrini, F. (2017) 'The Euro-crisis, EMU and the perils of centralisation' In: Democracy in the EMU in the Aftermath of the Crisis. [Link] [DOI]
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Human Rights in the EU: Historical, Comparative and Critical Perspectives' In: Globalization and Global Governance. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press.
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Institutional Reforms in the EU: Rethinking the Relations between the European Council and the Council' In: Legitimacy Issues of the European Union: Lessons from the Financial Crisis. Baden-Baden, Germany : Nomos.
2017 Federico Fabbrini, David Cole, Stephen Schulhofer (2017) 'Introduction' In: Surveillance, Privacy and Transatlantic Relations. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2017 Federico Fabbrini (2017) 'Subsidiarity and the Margin of Appreciation: A Comparison' In: A Future for the Margin of Appreciation in International Law?. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press.
2016 Federico Fabbrini, Vicki Jackson (2016) 'Introduction' In: Constitutionalism Across Borders in the Struggle against Terrorism. Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'The Euro-Crisis, the EMU and the Perils of Centralization' In: Democracy in the EMU in the Aftermath of the Crisis. Vienna, Austria : Springer.
2016 Federico Fabbrini (2016) 'The Political Side of EU Citizenship in the Context of EU Federalism' In: EU Citizenship Rights Shaping EU Federalism. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press.
2016 Federico Fabbrini, David Cole (2016) 'Reciprocal Privacy: Towards a Transatlantic Agreement' In: Constitutionalism Across Borders in the Struggle against Terrorism. Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'From Executive Federalism to Executive Government: Current Problems and Future Prospects in the Governance of EMU' In: What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'The New Architecture of EMU and the Role of the Courts: Lessons from the Crisis' In: Union européenne et fédéralism économique. Brussels, Belgium : Bruylant.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'The Interaction of Terrorism Laws with Human Rights' In: Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism. London, United Kingdom : Routledge.
2015 Federico Fabbrini, Ernst Hirsch Ballin and Han Somsen (2015) 'Introduction. A New Look at the Form of Government of the European Union and the Eurozone' In: What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2015 Federico Fabbrini (2015) 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Right to Data Privacy: the ECJ as a Human Rights Court' In: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a Binding Instrument. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2014 Federico Fabbrini, Maurice Adams and Pierre Larouche (2014) 'Introduction' In: The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2014 Federico Fabbrini (2014) 'From Fiscal Constraints to Fiscal Capacity: the Future of EMU and its Challenges' In: The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints. Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing.
2014 Federico Fabbrini, Joris Lanik (2014) 'Global Counter-Terrorism Sanctions and European Due Process Rules: The Dialogue Between the CJEU and the ECtHR' In: Kadi on Trial: A Multifaceted Analysis of the Kadi Judgment. London, United Kingdom : Routledge.
2013 Federico Fabbrini, David Cole and Arianna Vedaschi (2013) 'Introduction' In: Secrecy, National Security and the Vindication of Constitutional Law. Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing.
2013 Federico Fabbrini, Mathias Vermeulen (2013) 'GPS Surveillance and Human Rights Review: The European Court of Human Rights and the US Supreme Court in Comparative Perspective' In: Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism. London, United Kingdom : Routledge.
2013 Federico Fabbrini (2013) 'Global Sanctions, State Secrets and Supranational Review: Seeking Due Process in an Interconnected World' In: Secrecy, National Security and the Vindication of Constitutional Law. Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing.
2012 Federico Fabbrini (2012) 'Melki & Abdeli: The Relationship between French Constitutional Review and EU Principles' In: Global Administrative Law: Cases, Materials, Issues – GAL Casebook. New York, US : International Institute for Law & Justice - New York University.
2012 Federico Fabbrini (2012) 'The Italian Constitutional Court, the ECHR and the Enactment of ‘Interpretative Acts’' In: Global Administrative Law: Cases, Materials, Issues – GAL Casebook. New York, US : International Institute for Law & Justice - New York University.
2011 Federico Fabbrini (2011) 'Il giudizio della Corte Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo sugli atti di Comunità ed Unione Europea' In: Atti del Convegno Internazionale ‘Lo strumento costituzionale dell’ordine pubblico europeo’ in occasione del 60° anniversario della Convenzione Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo, Bologna 5 marzo 2010. Turin, Italy : Giappichelli.
2010 Federico Fabbrini (2010) 'C’è ancora un giudice a Berlino? Sanzioni del Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite e dialogo tra corti nel sistema europeo di tutela dei diritti fondamentali' In: La funzione giurisdizionale nell’ordinamento internazionale e nell’ordinamento comunitario. Atti del VII Convegno dei giovani cultori delle materie internazionalistiche, Torino 9-10 ottobre 2009. Naples, Italy : Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane.
2010 Federico Fabbrini (2010) 'Diritti fondamentali e lotta al terrorismo' In: Il diritto costituzionale nella giurisprudenza e nelle fonti. Padua, Italy : Cedam.
2009 Federico Fabbrini (2009) 'Judicial Review of UN counter-terrorism sanctions in the European multilevel system of human rights protection: a case study in ineffectiveness' In: Shaping Rule of Law through Dialogue. Groningen, The Netherlands : Europa Law Publishing.
2024 Fabbrini, F. (2024) 'Review and reform options for deepening EU-UK cooperation in a renewing Europe' In: The Law & Politics of Brexit. [Link] [DOI]
2024 Fabbrini, F. (2024) 'Introduction' In: The Law & Politics of Brexit. [Link] [DOI]
2021 Fabbrini, F.; Celeste, E. (2021) 'EU Data Protection Law between Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty' In: Data Protection Beyond Borders: Transatlantic Perspectives on Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty. [Link]

Published Report

Year Publication
2021 Federico Fabbrini (2021) Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union Beyond Covid-19. Report commissioned by the Presidency of the Eurogroup / Department of Finance of Ireland, .
2020 Federico Fabbrini (2020) Possible Avenues for Further Political Integration in Europe. European Parliament, .
2019 Federico Fabbrini (2019) A Fiscal Capacity for the Eurozone: Constitutional Perspectives. European Parliament, . [Link]
2018 Federico Fabbrini (2018) Institutional Consequences of a ‘Hard Brexit'. European Parliament, . [Link]

Editorial

Year Publication
2019 Fabbrini, Federico; Ventoruzzo, Marco (2019) Research Handbook on EU Economic Law Introduction. ED
2017 Cole, David; Fabbrini, Federico; Schulhofer, Stephen (2017) Introduction: Privacy and Surveillance in Transatlantic Perspective. ED
2018 McDonagh, Kenneth; Fabbrini, Federico (2018) European Law in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Professor Federico Fabbrini. ED [DOI]

Other Publication

Year Publication
2022 Fabbrini, Federico (2022) My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion.
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Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/01/2022 Young European Leader 2022 Friends of Europe Foundation
01/06/2021 Knight [Cavaliere] for high scientific merits President of Italy, H.E. Sergio Mattarella
01/05/2021 President's Research Award 2020-1 (all staff categories, humanities and social sciences) DCU
01/11/2019 Charlemagne Prize fellowship 2019-20 for research in recognition of work on the future of Europe Karlspreis Stiftung in Aachen

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
20-- Educational Outreach/Public Engagement Government bodies Federico Fabbrini recurrently engages with EU institutions and national governments and he has been invited to speak, among others the European Central Bank, the European Court of Justice, the European Commission, the European Fundamental Rights Agency, the European Securities Market Authority, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Ministry of Finance of Ireland, the Central Bank of Spain, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority. 大发体育在线_大发体育-投注|官网over, he has given evidence to the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee, Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee and Budget Committee, as well as the Irish Parliament Joint Committee on EU Affairs and the UK House of Lords. Finally, he has also authored 3 reports on EU affairs at the request of the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee, and another one at the request of the Irish Ministry of Finance / Presidency of the Eurogroup.

Research Interests

Federico Fabbrini carries out research in the field of EU law and policy, and his research agenda spans broadly covering fundamental rights, economic governance, Brexit, Covid-19, defense integration, enlargement, reforms and the future of Europe. Federico's research is strongly characterized by a comparative approach, notably with the federal system of the United States, interdisciplinarity and attention to policy implications.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Subsidies Regulation in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Ensuring Fair Trade after Brexit- Elettra Bargellini DCU PI 01/09/2022 31/08/2025
"Democratic Backsliding in Lithuania and Latvia" [Beatrice Monciunskaite] DCU PI 01/10/2020 30/09/2023
Brexit Research and Interchange on Differentiated Governance in Europe DCU PI 01/09/2019 31/08/2022
[Coordination Support Grant for Horizon 2020 Application]: Brexit Research and Investigation into Differentiated Governance in Europe DCU PI 03/01/2019 02/10/2019

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Yesil ,Havva PhD Supervisor
Faudone ,Jasmine PhD-track Supervisor

Teaching Interests

Federico Fabbrini teaches courses in EU law

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 European and International Human Rights Law LG523
2022 EU Institutional Law LG5024
2022 Law and Politics of Brexit LG5059