The Relationship between European Community Law and National Law

The second volume of ta collection of court decisions covering the 'constitutional' relationship between the EC and Member States.

This is the second volume of a collection of court decisions covering the 'constitutional' relationship between the EC and Member States. Together with the first volume covering 1962 to 1993, it forms a uniquely comprehensive reference work, containing nearly 150 decisions rendered over a period of 40 years. This book was first published in 2003.This is the second volume of a comprehensive collection of court decisions dealing exclusively with the 'constitutional' relationship between European Community law and the national laws of the Member States. The first volume covered the period 1962 to 1993 and contained 90 decisions. This volume, first published in 2003, contains a further 55 decisions given between 1994 and 2001 by both the Community's Court of Justice (10 cases) and the courts of the 15 Member States (45 cases). Major recurring topics of the decisions are the supremacy and direct effect of Community law, its impact on national sovereignty and constitutional rights, and the remedies available before national courts for its enforcement. All the texts are presented in English, having been translated wherever necessary. Each decision is preceded by a concise summary and key-word headings. The volume also includes a systematic introduction, digest of key-word headings, table of cases and detailed index.