The European Courts and National Courts: Doctrine and Jurisprudence

This text examines the application of EC law by national courts and the interaction of EC law with the constraints imposed by national legal orders and national constitutional orders. It assesses the impact of the European Court of Justice on the leading member states of the European Union. The essays comprising this volume are the outcome of a major and unique project which looks in detail at the application of EC law by national courts and the interaction of the demands of EC law with the constraints imposed by national legal orders and, especially, national constitutional orders. The volume comprises seven country studies which are shaped around a common research protocol. These are supplemented by three cross-cutting studies which draw on the country studies as well as on broader contextual research work aimed at trying to understand the role of the European Court of Justice in the round. The results of this multi-national research are certain to provoke widespread interest among scholars of European law, international law and European politics, for they offer the first systematic and rigorous attempt to assess the impact of the ECJ among the leading member states of the European Union Report On Belgium / Herve Bribosia -- Report On France / Jens Plotner -- Report On Germany / Juliane Kokott -- The Italian Constitutional Court And The Relationship Between The Italian Legal System And The European Union / Marta Cartabia -- Report On Italy / P. Ruggeri Laderchi -- Report On The Netherlands / Monica Claes, Bruno De Witte -- Report On The United Kingdom / P.p. Craig -- Explaining National Court Acceptance Of European Court Jurisprudence: A Critical Evaluation Of Theories Of Legal Integration / Karen Alter -- The Role Of National Courts In The Process Of European Integration: Accounting For Judicial Preferences And Constraints / Walter Mattli, Anne-marie Slaughter -- Sovereignty And European Integration: The Weight Of Legal Tradition / Bruno De Witte -- Constitutional Dialogues In The European Community / Alec Stone Sweet -- Constitutional Or International? The Foundations Of The Community Legal Order And The Question Of Judicial Kompetenz-kompetenz / J.h.h. Weiler, Ulrich R. Haltern -- Epilogue: The European Courts Of Justice: Beyond Beyond Doctrine Or The Legitimacy Crisis Of European Constitutionalism / J.h.h. Weiler. Edited By Anne-marie Slaughter, Alec Stone Sweet, And J.h.h. Weiler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preliminaries......Page 1 Prologue – The European Courts of Justice......Page 5 Contents......Page 15 Contributors......Page 21 Table of Cases......Page 23 Table of Legislation......Page 35 1 Report on Belgium......Page 45 2 Report on France......Page 83 3 Report on Germany......Page 119 4 The Italian Constitutional Court and the Relationship Between the Italian Legal System and the European Union......Page 175 5 Report on Italy......Page 189 6 Report on the Netherlands......Page 213 7 Report on the United Kingdom......Page 237 8 Explaining National Court Acceptance of European Court......Page 269 9 The Role of National Courts in the Process of European Integration Accounting for Judicial Preferences and Constraints......Page 295 10 Sovereignty and European Integration the Weight of Legal Tradition......Page 319 11 Constitutional Dialogues in the European Community......Page 347 12 Constitutional or International The Foundations of the Community Legal Order and the Question of Judicial Kompetenz Kompetenz......Page 373 13 Epilogue The European Courts of Justice Beyond Beyond Doctrine or the Legitimacy Crisis of European Constitutionalism......Page 407 Index......Page 435