Hans-W Micklitz is Professor for Economic Law at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki, 2015-2020, Head of the Institute of European and Consumer Law (VIEW) in Bamberg. He has held consultancies at OECD, UNEP and CI (Consumers International). Hans-W Micklitz was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and at the Somerville College at the University of Oxford.

Part I. The Awaking of the Social and its Transformation in England, France and Germany; Part II. Justice beyond the Nation State - the European Experiment; Part III. Considerations on the Post Classical Private Law; Part IV. Conclusions and Outlook.