Title:The European Court of Justice and the Autonomy of the Member States
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2012Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:[EUDO - European Union Democracy Observatory Programme]Abstract:There is an impressive body of legal literature on the relationship between the European Court of Justice and its various “interlocutors” (EU institutions, national jurisdictions, EU interest groups, multinationals…) and ...
Title:Another Legal Monster? An EUI debate on the fiscal compact treaty
Author(s):AZOULAI, Loic; POIARES PESSOA MADURO, Luis Miguel; DE WITTE, Bruno; CREMONA, Marise; HYVÄRINEN, Anna; KOCHAROV, Anna; ABDALLAT, Anwar; KOCHAROV, AnnaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:On 1 February 2012, member states of the European Union minus the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic agreed on the text of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (the ...
Title:Parliamentary Oversight of Security and Intelligence Agencies in the EU
Author(s):WILLS, Aidan; VERMEULEN, MathiasDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This study evaluates the oversight of national security and intelligence agencies by parliaments and specialised non-parliamentary oversight bodies, with a view to identifying good practices that can inform the European ...
Title:European Union Law: How Autonomous is its Legal Order?
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Against the backdrop of the ECJ’s Kadi judgment, it has been argued again, that Community law’s autonomy from international law went so far that it was no longer part of international law. Based on the ECJ’s own jurisdiction ...
Title:From a Common Principle of Equality to European Antidiscrimination Law
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The principle of equality is an important part of the contemporary constitutional law of all European countries. It is therefore a common principle, and was, as such, also integrated in the legal system of the European ...
Title:From a 'common principle of equality' to 'European antidiscrimination law'
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The principle of equality is an important part of the contemporary constitutional law of all European countries. It is therefore a 'common' principle, and was, as such, also integrated in the legal system of the European ...
Title:The Crumbling Public/Private Divide: Horizontality in European Anti-Discrimination Law
Author(s):DE WITTE, BrunoDate:2009-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The European Union has conducted, during the last decade, an active policy of adopting anti-discrimination directives that aim at ensuring greater convergence between member-state laws in this domain. One aspect of this ...
