Synopses & Reviews
This book records and analyzes the contribution the Court has made to shaping the legal framework within which the European Union operates. It examines the case law of the Court on the scope of its own powers and important constitutional questions with which it has been confronted: the relationship between Community law and national law, the impact of Community law on national remedies, the development of general principles of law and the place of fundamental rights.
Synopsis
This book records and analyzes the contribution the Court has made to shaping the legal framework within which the European Union operates. It examines the case law of the Court on the scope of its own powers and important constitutional questions with which it has been confronted: the relationship between Community law and national law, the impact of Community law on national remedies, the development of general principles of law and the place of fundamental rights.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-577) and index.
About the Author
Anthony Arnull is Wragge Professor of European Law, University of Birmingham. He was formerly Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice of the European Communities and is currently a member of the JUSTICE Expert Panel on Human Rights in the European Union.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Europe's Judges
Part I: Legal foundations
2. The jurisdiction of the Court
3. The relationship between Treaty provisions and the national laws of the Member States
4. The direct effect of Community legislation
5. European rights, national remedies
6. General principles of law and fundamental rights
Part II: Substantive law
7. The free movement of goods
8. The free movement of workers
9. The right of establishment and freedom to provide services
10. Public policy, public service, and official authority
11. The free movement of persons and services: supplementing the basic principles
12. The law of competition
13. Equal treatment for men and women
Part III: The Court's general approach
14. Methods of interpretation
15. Precedent
16. Judging Europe's Judges