The Relationship Between European Community Law and National Law: The Cases

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.