8.6.4 Scholarly involvement and law in action

446. Lastly, in this relatively new field of law, scholarly involvement is of vital importance, not only to reveal the frictions and subjects for debate in legislation and case law of the Court of Justice that have an impact on horizontal legal relationships, but also to update legal practice and to support and encourage legal practitioners in recognizing relevant questions in concrete cases.1 When scholars proactively and critically analyse legislation and case law in the realm of Union law dealing with horizontal legal relationships2 and anticipate future developments, practicing lawyers can be induced to bring the relevant cases to court, and to formulate the relevant legal questions in a concrete case which is necessary for the further construction of a coherent system of effective legal protection of Union rights in horizontal legal relationships. It is therefore of high importance to, wherever possible, involve legal practice, especially civil law practice. With that purpose in mind, the aim of this chapter has been to set up a number of lines of discussion that require further attention of all actors in the realm of the effective legal protection of Union rights in horizontal legal relationships.