Title: The European Union and its Court of Justice /
Authors: Arnull, Anthony.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Communities; Courts of last resort European Union countries.; Law European Union countries
Abstract: The author examines the contribution of the Court to shaping the legal framework within which the European Union operates. He considers the Court's organization and working methods, powers, and how it has uses its powers to resolve questions of constitutional and substantive law.
Contents: Europe's judges -- Infringement proceedings -- The action for annulment -- The preliminary rulings procedure -- The judicial architecture of the Union -- Treaty provisions and national law -- Direct effect and Community acts -- Direct effect, primacy and the national courts -- European rights, national remedies -- General principles of law and fundamental rights -- The free movement of goods -- The free movement of workers -- The right of establishment and freedom to provide services -- Towards citizenship -- Equal treatment for men and women -- Interpretation and the limits of literalism -- The normative status of the case law -- Judging Europe's judges.