Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice - Rethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period

Presents a new approach to prominent judgments of the European Court of Justice drawing on the writings of Judge Robert Lecourt.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Pork products, 1961 - no unilateral safeguards; 2. Van Gend en Loos, 1963 - direct effect; 3. Costa v. ENEL, 1964 - supremacy; 4. Dairy products, 1964 - no inter-state retaliation; 5. International fruit, 1972 - no direct effect for the GATT; 6. Van Duyn, 1974 - direct effect of directives; 7. Simmenthal, 1978 - obligations of 'lower' national courts; 8. Sheep meat, 1979 - no inter-state retaliation revisited; 9. Internationale Handelsgesellschaft, 1970 - protection of fundamental rights; 10. States and individuals in the great judgments of the European Court of Justice, 1961-1979.

About the author

William Phelan is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of Politics and Law at Trinity College Dublin. His previous book on the European Court of Justice, entitled In Place of Inter-state Retaliation (2015), was awarded the Brian Farrell Book Prize of the Political Studies Association of Ireland.

Summary

This book offers a completely new approach to the Court of Justice's most famous decisions, including an emphasis on the writings and speeches of the Court's influential French Judge, Robert Lecourt. It will be of interest to the many students and lawyers working on European law.

Product details

• Authors: William Phelan, William (Trinity College Dublin) Phelan, Phelan William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108499088
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49908-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, c 1960 to c 1970, EU (European Union), c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures