The The Future of the Judicial System of the European Union

by Dashwood, Alan; Johnston, Angus

• ISBN13: 9781841132419
• ISBN10: 1841132411
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

Originating in a conference organised by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS),Cambridge in July 1999, this book contains a number of pieces on the highly topical issue of the reform of the European judicial system. Including copies of the major contributions to the debate from the institutions of the European Union, the volume aims both to provide a useful reference point for the major proposals currently under consideration and to stimulate further thinking on the subject. Contributors to this collection include Ross Cranston, Advocate General Francis Jacobs, Judge Pernilla Lindh, Henry Schermers, Anthony Arnull and Ole Due.

Author Biography

Alan Dashwood CBE QC is Emeritus Professor of European Law and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Angus Johnston is University Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	p. vii
The Debate
The Courts' Paper
Introductory Comments	p. 3
Helping the Court to Function Effectively	p. 5
Views from Luxembourg
Introducing the Courts' Paper	p. 9
The Court of First Instance: Meeting the Challenge	p. 13
Views from Member States
Thoughts from the Finnish Presidency	p. 21
A United Kingdom Perspective	p. 25
Futurology of the Judicial System
Problems and Prospects	p. 31
Amsterdam and Amendment to Article 230: an opportunity lost or simply deferred?	p. 37
Judicial Architecture or Judicial Folly? The Challenge Facing the EU	p. 41
Synthesis of the Debate
Synthesis of the Debate	p. 65
The Working Party Report
The Working Party Report	p. 87
Documents
Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice	p. 97
The Future of the Judicial System of the European Union (Proposals and Reflections) ('The Courts' Paper')	p. 111
The Report by the Working Party on the Future of the European Communities' Court System ('The Group of Wise Persons' or 'The Due Report')	p. 145
Reform of the Community courts (Additional Commission Contribution to the Intergovernmental Conference on institutional reform)	p. 205
The Outcome at Nice
The Courts' Papers
The Outcome at Nice	p. 219
An Overview	p. 219
Annotated Texts	p. 233
EC Treaty Articles	p. 234
The New Single Statute	p. 245
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