Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice: Rethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period [Hardcover]

Presents a new approach to prominent judgments of the European Court of Justice drawing on the writings of Judge Robert Lecourt.This book offers a completely new approach to the Court of Justice's most famous decisions, including an emphasis on the writings and speeches of the Court's influential French Judge, Robert Lecourt. It will be of interest to the many students and lawyers working on European law.This book offers a completely new approach to the Court of Justice's most famous decisions, including an emphasis on the writings and speeches of the Court's influential French Judge, Robert Lecourt. It will be of interest to the many students and lawyers working on European law.Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice presents a new approach to understanding the landmark decisions of the European Court of Justice in the 1960s and 1970s. By comparing the Court's doctrines to the enforcement and escape mechanisms employed by more common forms of trade treaty, it demonstrates how the individual rights created by the doctrine of direct effect were connected to the practical challenges of trade politics among the European states and, in particular, to the suppression of unilateral safeguard mechanisms and inter-state retaliation. Drawing on the writings and speeches of French Judge and President of the Court, Robert Lecourt, it demonstrates that one of the Court's most influential judges shared this understanding of the logic of direct effect. This book offers a distinctive interpretation of the Court of Justice's early years, as well as of the purpose of the fundamental principles of European law.Introduction; 1. Pork products, 1961  no unilateral safeguards; 2. Van Gend en Loos, 1963  direct effect; 3. Costa v. ENEL, 1964  supremacy; 4. Dairy products, 1964  no inter-state retaliation; 5. International fruit, 1972  no direct effect for the GATT; 6. Van Duyn, 1974  direct effect of directives; 7. Simmenthal, 1978  obligations of 'lower' national courts; lӴ