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Direct Effect in EU Law thoroughly examines the principle of direct effect, which enables individuals and companies to invoke their rights before domestic courts. Emphasizing the need for the CJEU to fully articulate and systematize direct effect, it ultimately puts forward solutions for its principled comprehension and enforcement.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Origins of Direct Effect: Van Gend and Loos In Context
- Chapter 2: Evolutive Direct Effect and the Preliminary Reference Procedure
- Chapter 3: Transformative Direct Effect: The Van Gend and Loos Doctrine, Today
- Chapter 4: Broad Direct Effect
- Chapter 5: Direct Effect's Core Conditions and the Extent of Disapplication
- Chapter 6: Controversial Horizontal Direct Effect
- Chapter 7: Unsteady 'External' Direct Effect
- Conclusion: Rethinking Direct Effect in Times of Judicial Argumentative Minimalism: A Proposal
About the author
Daniele Gallo University (Rome), where he is the Deputy-Provost for the Alliance ENGAGE.EU and Co-Director of the LLM in European Law and Policies. Professor Gallo has been a Jean Monnet Chair and a Recurring Visiting Professor in several universities in Europe and the US, such as
Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris) and American University Washington College of Law (Washington DC). He has been EU Fulbright Schuman Scholar at Fordham Law School (NY), DAAD Fellow at the
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Rech (Heidelberg), and Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI (Florence). He is the author of four monographs and editor or co-editor of several volumes and journals special issues, including
The Italian Influence on European Law (Hart, 2024). As an attorney-at-Law, he regularly pleads before national jurisdictions, the General Court, the Court of Justice, and the European Commission.
Summary
Direct Effect in EU Law thoroughly examines the principle of direct effect, which enables individuals and companies to invoke their rights before domestic courts. Emphasizing the need for the CJEU to fully articulate and systematize direct effect, it ultimately puts forward solutions for its principled comprehension and enforcement.
