The European Union and Its Court of Justice

by Arnull, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780198258988
• ISBN10: 0198258984
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of abbreviations	xxi
Table of cases	xxiii
Table of legislation	lxxiii
Europe's Judges	1	(20)
Legal foundations
The jurisdiction of the Court	21	(54)
The relationship between Treaty provisions and the national laws of the Member States	75	(31)
The direct effect of Community legislation	106	(37)
European rights, national remedies	143	(47)
General principles of law and fundamental rights	190	(37)
Substantive law
The free movement of goods	227	(71)
The free movement of workers	298	(31)
The right of establishment and freedom to provide services	329	(35)
Public policy, public service and official authority	364	(12)
The free movement of persons and services: supplementing the basic principles	376	(18)
The law of competition	394	(65)
Equal treatment for men and women	459	(56)
The Court's general approach
Methods of interpretation	515	(13)
Precedent	528	(10)
Judging Europe's Judges	538	(29)
Select bibliography	567	(12)
Index	579