The advocate general and EC law
By: Noreen Burrows and Rosa Greaves.
Contributors: Greaves, Rosa, 1952-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780199299003
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Communities. -- Advocate-General; Law -- European Union countries
Description: The prominence of the Advocate General is one of the most distinctive, & controversial, features of the European Court of Justice. This is a study of the Advocate General & his role in the development of EC Law. It examines the history of the role the questions over its future, & the role's importance in the procedures of the Court.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The advocate general as a member of the ECJ; title: The place of the advocate general in the procedure of the European community courts; title: The advocate general and human rights standards; title: The first advocate general : Maurice Lagrange; title: Walter van Gerven and the principle of equal treatment of men and women; title: Advocate General Jacobs' opinions and intellectual property law; title: Advocate General Jean-Pierre Warner and EC competition law; title: The advocates general and the development of the principle of direct effect; title: The contribution of advocates general to the development of the principle of state liability in the European community's legal order; title: The advocates general and the concept of citizenship.